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Do you have any evidence to suspect such a thing will happen?

I think it is much more likely that the "ghost in the shell" kind of idea will be seen as much more antiquated, and that it will be widely accepted that the body, mind, and indeed wider world are not really separate.

Just because you read it in a science fiction book doesn't mean it reflects what will actually happen.

> once we manage the ability to uncouple our humanity from our meat prisons.

I wonder how history will view such statements once we realise that our humanity and our "meat prisons" are not two different things.



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