I
just heard a story about a guy becoming an insect. Suppose a soul is an
indivisible and indestructable nonphysical item, like a magic atom,
that brings life and continuity to human body. If that were true, to
make a body swap happen, you just swap souls. But, a soul is only a
concept. A good body swap would require a central nervous system swap.
There isn't enough room in an insect for the central nervous system of a
human, so it wouldn't really work. The idea that life is continuous (as
a soul is) even to an individual is a perception maintained by the
brain's machinery. We keep track of our selves both in a moment and over
time. The one place a soul really does exist is in the logical
framework of a mind. (Imaginary.) Even people with no religious beliefs
keep track of others and themselves with something like a soul concept.
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