It's an interesting hypothesis. I think there's something elegant about "soul" or even consciousness being an emergent property of a sufficiently complex system. But I struggle with really squaring that with my own first-person sensation of experiencing existence (which I assume you and everyone else has but I can never actually know for sure).
replyBabies don't sustain themselves. Do babies have souls?
replyI swear I remember once reading about a culture where babies don't have souls until they're named. Maybe something about gaining their own distinct identity?
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