Artificial brain 'ten years away'

Look up what defines life and we aint done it yet bros.

Yes it is good trick but we are humans capable of seing illusions but i can also work out it is a trick.Just like the pilot does not think his gone blind when he looks at a spray painted windscreen.

Hang on a minute noone is tossing aside 1000's of years worth of work, for a start dismissing todays scientist is not dismissing yesterdays scientist, I dont think that historically scientists were all geared towards replicating humans, understanding the brain yes but not all were heading toward the frankienstien project, i say frankenstein because that is what it looks like to us lesser mortals and im sorry im with xris i do not believe you understand enough or can even begin to replicate emotions let alone the soul, whether it's existence can be proved or not is besides the point but i dont believe that you fully understand or can completely replicate a human being because you for one have dismissed the existence of the soul purely because it cant be proved, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist

that in itself is close minded because what if it did exist they where would you be but you wont even contemplate it.

The human being cannot be entirely explained by science because it is not entirely scientific, we have feelings, emotions, independent thought and a soul, (unexpalined as it may be), and yiu cant replicate them so far all they've managed to do is to replicate a chromosome, I cant see that we're very close to replicating the human condition only the human body which is good for advancing medical science and there it ends or your heading into dangerous waters.

It's just a trick, it doesnt prove anything

and will you please stop using links to insult other members it's really really irritating.

Where do you find them.

Living systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia i think this accepted definition of life is not the same as yours.It needs to sustain itself through its own ability and needs to recreate itself.Life has not been recreated by any stretch of the imagination.

How many times do you need to be told the acceptance of the possibility of a soul is not up for scientific debate,it goes beyond those narrow confines.

How do you find your links to insult people with. Like you did just there with me, like im going to bother to click on it, why cant you just say why you dont agree instead of expecting the other member to do it for you even look up your insults, jees.

M. genitalium can't sustain and reproduce itself?

That is news to me.



I never said the idea of a soul is scientific, indeed it isn't, so I have no reason to believe in it for the time being.



It's more economical to respond with a link because I don't want to explain every logical fallacy I come across "manually"

I'll give you the short version though, and say that the consequences of a belief have nothing to do with the truth or falsehood of the assertion believed.

e.g., whether projects like Blue Brain create Frankenstein or Skynet has nothing to do with whether they're conscious agents

When i first read your posts you impressed me but you dont anymore..Your reference and link to life being recreated is for the umpteenth time not as you would like it to be.They have created a new species, not life as we know it JIM.NO ONE HAS RECREATED LIFE...do you understand this?

I agree in that they've synthesized the single-cell organism and progression is good. But what I dont agree with is scientists going ahead with experiments that they do not know enough of such as implanting an artificial brain in a human, if they do then I would accept it was right.

And what is a virus if it is not living, (excuse my ignorance).

No, and my obstinacy probably has something to do with the fact that I've actually studied biology

Then you know you are telling porkies and you know they have not reproduced life...

Except that M. genitalium is a form of life

Even if it hadn't been replicated in the lab by now, there would still be no reason to assume it could not be done in the future

But that's not terribly relevant

(Because it already has been done)

And what the hell are "porkies"

Your irish rose will never stop growing if you dont stop telling these porkies.If they had created life it would be scientific headline news

Read your link its not new life and whats this... it could be?is that half an admission of your guilt?