tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358611.post4245667251252548758..comments2023-10-25T14:20:11.408-05:00Comments on RHOBLOGY: AmnesiacocideRhologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13358611.post-72987706595593289962011-07-18T14:52:08.553-05:002011-07-18T14:52:08.553-05:00One can only wonder whether Damion would argue for...<i>One can only wonder whether Damion would argue for the permissibility of putting Molaison to death for the same reason. </i> <br /><br />If Molaison had as much brain tissue as a new implanted zygote (which I believe was the topic from which this thread unraveled) I wouldn't see any point in keeping him alive. No memories, no hopes, no desires, no thoughts, and nothing else that makes us who we are would be left of him.<br /><br />Now you believe, perhaps, that all of his hopes, desires, memories, etc. are stored in an immaterial mysterious magical backup device called a "soul" but for that proposition you've provided no evidence. Since all the scientific evidence points unanimously to the brain being the seat of all thought, it seems clear enough that once it's gone, so are we.Damionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360566092148805751noreply@blogger.com