Quote:But when does the magical journey of consciousness begin? Consciousness requires a sophisticated network of highly interconnected components, nerve cells. Its physical substrate, the thalamo-cortical complex that provides consciousness with its highly elaborate content, begins to be in place between the 24th and 28th week of gestation.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...ness-arise
As far as I'm concerned until consciousness clicks on no person exists. Just a biologically maturing fetus with no real mind. No consciousness, no human. Just a potential future human.
Everything I needed to know about life I learned on Dagobah.