“The first human-to-computer uploads of 2100 will prove that a perfect simulation is the thing being simulated - that a silicon soul doesn't need a physical body to inhabit. So eventually everybody who ever lived will be resurrected inside a living machine indistinguishable from God. Isn't it amazing what you can do with unlimited hard-disk space?” NeedsFirstsHumansSoulHardBodyCan DoSpacePerfectProveComputerMachinesUnlimitedSiliconPhysical BodySimulationDisk Author:Frank J. Tipler
“For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul; That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.” WantSoulStatesFeelingsMightHumanityMachinesReasoningMutualKindredMutual Love Book:The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Source: The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis,
“I imagine a soul is a little perfect crystal egg floating in your chest. Somewhere deeper than where they put your heart. Somewhere so deep inside that the doctors can't find it with all their machines and microcameras.” HeartLittlesSoulPerfectImagineDoctorsMachinesDeeperEggsChestsFloatingCrystalsDeep Inside Book:The Children and the Wolves Source: The Children and the Wolves
“The body is a very low level machine language. The language of the soul, of the mind, is much more evolved.” MindSoulBodyScienceLanguageLevelsBuddhismLowsMachinesLow Level Author:Frederick Lenz