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what makes a person a person?
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RE: what makes a person a person?
What makes a person a person is a big question and I am unaware of a satisfactory answer as of yet.
Turing came up with the Turing test for intelligence which, if taken to a logical conclusion, could include personhood.
But the Turing test can be gamed with clever programming so something new needs to be worked out.

Dolphins, Elephants and some great apes are self aware and can react in a very person like way, can they count as a person? (as distinct from a human which is just a species label).



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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what makes a person a person? - by microxone - December 16, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Chad32 - December 16, 2013 at 2:51 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Captain Colostomy - December 16, 2013 at 2:56 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Doubting Thomas - December 16, 2013 at 3:14 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 16, 2013 at 3:17 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by paulpablo - December 16, 2013 at 3:19 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by microxone - December 16, 2013 at 6:23 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by downbeatplumb - December 16, 2013 at 4:26 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Chad32 - December 16, 2013 at 4:33 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Angrboda - December 16, 2013 at 4:43 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 16, 2013 at 6:32 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Chad32 - December 16, 2013 at 6:35 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 17, 2013 at 5:48 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 17, 2013 at 5:57 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:09 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:23 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:28 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:33 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 1:52 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:24 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:29 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:30 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 18, 2013 at 9:30 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 10:19 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 18, 2013 at 10:30 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:37 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:47 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 3:48 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 3:58 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 4:01 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 4:07 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Mothonis - December 18, 2013 at 5:33 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Neo-Scholastic - December 18, 2013 at 9:39 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Chad32 - December 18, 2013 at 9:44 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 10:42 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 18, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 4:22 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 18, 2013 at 4:55 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 6:19 pm
RE: what makes a person a person? - by Ksa - December 18, 2013 at 7:22 pm

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