Do humans have souls? | Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.

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Have you ever considered the possibility of transferring your consciousness into a computer? Sabine Hossenfelder, a German theoretical physicist, believes that this may one day be possible.

According to Hossenfelder, the fundamental laws of physics as described in the standard model of particle physics can explain everything in the universe, including human consciousness. She suggests that we are simply a collection of elementary particles, but it is the arrangement of these particles that gives us our unique qualities and abilities.

As such, it may be possible to capture and transfer all the information about the arrangement of particles in the body in order to transfer a person's consciousness into a computer. So, could we one day upload our consciousness and exist within a machine? It's an intriguing possibility.

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About Sabine Hossenfelder:
Sabine Hossenfelder is a physicist, author, and creator of "Science Without the Gobbledygook". She currently works at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy in Germany.

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Read more of our stories on consciousness:
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https://bigthink.com/13-8/is-consciousness-necessary/
Will we ever define the conscious mind?
https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/consciousness-defining-conscious-mind/
Yes, the Universe really is 100% reductionist in nature
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/universe-reductionist/

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