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Re:When you split the brain, do you split the person? by chimprich on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @11:40AM (#15393138)
> The state is not the people and the people are not the state, yet both exist.

A state does not exist in any physical form. It is entirely a fiction, existing only in the minds of humans. Such existence it does have is not independent of the problem of consciousness so this is not the most helpful comparison.

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Re:When you split the brain, do you split the person? by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @12:38PM (#15393721)
How so? The state's physical form is comprised of people the way our minds' physical forms are comprised of neurons.
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