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Mind Cloning—Is It Feasible?

Cserhati, Matthew (2022) Mind Cloning—Is It Feasible? Answers Research Journal, 15: 16. pp. 269-276. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

The dominant view of the constitution of the human being in modern times is physicalism. This view attempts to explain mental manifestations as an epiphenomenon of the brain to the exclusion of the soul, as opposed by dualism. According to the dominant view, the mind arose at some point during evolutionary development. As such, physicalists have attempted to transfer the human mind from one substrate to another, in a process called mind cloning. That project leads to multiple problems. Until now the connectome of only 100,000 mouse neurons have been mapped, thus calling the feasibility of the project into question. Ethical issues also arise: would I be held responsible for my mind clone's criminal activities? What if I and my mind clone vote against each other? Would mind cloning lead to the devaluation of human life? Despite its widespread acceptance, physicalists are still at a loss as to how to solve the hard problem of consciousness; namely, as to where consciousness comes from. They can only correlate certain brain functions with certain states of consciousness but cannot explain its origin.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy (General) > BF Psychology
Q Science (General) > QA Mathematics > QA75 Computer Science
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:43
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:43
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1635

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