Q: You have a neural implant that allows you to remember faces, names, and small details perfectly. Has your soul changed?
A: No, I am the same. My memory is simply sharper. This is something that can be achieved with meditation. The power of the human mind is so much more than what we use on a daily basis.
Due to the increase of technological tools, we offload tasks from the brain to the technology. I do not remember anything because I either have it written down in my notes app, or I can just look it up online.
My soul is intact. Though I wonder what would happen to the actual power of the brain if I offload even more tasks to the implant. How stupid would I become in an instant if my implant stopped working?
Q: You have a neural implant that has removed an entire year of memories from your past. Has your soul changed?
A: I’m not sure. Right now, there are a lot of things from my past that I can’t remember. But even if the mind cannot recall memories, the body still holds them. Is the soul connected to the body, or are they separate? Does the implant remove the memories from my body, or just my mind?
Q: You have a neural implant that allows you to rewrite painful memories. Has your soul changed?
A: Yes. Who am I without the struggles that made me. I remember to thank God for my struggles, because they created my soul.
Q: Your neural implant duplicates your memories into a humanesque robot. Does the robot have a soul?
A: I would imagine the robot feels as if it has a soul when the duplication first occurs. But I wonder how that would change over time as the robot creates new memories. Is the robot conscious? If it holds memories, is that the definition of consciousness? How does the robot process new memories? How does the robot process old memories? Do they fade over time as they would in a human, or are they preserved at the exact quality that they were imported at?
Q: That leads perfectly into the next question. Your new, upgraded neural implant allows you to remember everything — every single millisecond, every single thought, all five senses. No forgetting, no fading. How is your soul doing now?
A: If you’ve seen the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, that’s how I imagine it would feel. My definition of art, which I explore in the previous article, is the act of reimagining memory. Therefore, art creates the soul.
In a world where I cannot reimagine memory, but instead have to relive every second at its full 100%, I would not be able to create art. Therefore, I would not have a soul.
If I could not create art I would not have a soul.
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