At the end of a late-night interview yesterday with the brilliant Nate Cain at The Raising Cain Show podcast (accessible here), I was asked whether humans have a soul, given their sense of free will, consciousness and “out of body” experiences? By a soul, Nate referred to an ingredient that extends beyond our physical bodies.
In reply, I admitted that I am a practical person and rather than have an opinion on this matter — I prefer an experimental approach for finding out the answer to this fundamental question.
Another way to frame the question is whether human experiences are all explained by the physical properties of the human brain. The reason I propose an experimental test is that we will soon have the ability to simulate the human brain with artificial intelligence (AI).
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