But if you still insist, it is obvious that the soul, if present to begin with, can be only in the head, and only in the brain then. We do not have prosthetic brains yet, so there is nothing to discuss yet.
It is my opinion that your statement that the "soul" can only be in the head/brain is unjustified. It is, to me, like claiming that the essence of a computer lies in a single central processor, ignoring chips on the periphery.
That said, I would also like to point out that current neural interface research does not focus exclusively on limb prostheses. For a number of years, brain prostheses have been studied. While these are not entirely artificial brains, they certainly may be considered replacement parts for the brain. Perhaps there is something to discuss after all.
The summary makes it sound like prosthetics fused to the bone and controlled by the nervous impulses are here, but they certainly are not yet.
Neither are they necessarily as distant as you might make it sound.
Don't get to excited yet people, prosthetics like the summary imagines are still a long ways off.
In terms of technological development, I do not perceive a few years as being a "long way off". There is a great deal of work, and funding dollars, being put into neural prostheses and direct brain interfaces, and significant advances are being made. It is not entirely unreasonable to suggest that devices like those described in the article might be realized within this decade. The DARPA program certainly is optimistic. Admittedly, I have not the experience to judge when this technology might become available to those in need (following clinical trials, product development, etc.), but it is my opinion that it is assured within the lifetime of most disabled veterans of the current war(s).
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But if you still insist, it is obvious that the soul, if present to begin with, can be only in the head, and only in the brain then. We do not have prosthetic brains yet, so there is nothing to discuss yet.
It is my opinion that your statement that the "soul" can only be in the head/brain is unjustified. It is, to me, like claiming that the essence of a computer lies in a single central processor, ignoring chips on the periphery.
That said, I would also like to point out that current neural interface research does not focus exclusively on limb prostheses. For a number of years, brain prostheses have been studied. While these are not entirely artificial brains, they certainly may be considered replacement parts for the brain. Perhaps there is something to discuss after all.
The summary makes it sound like prosthetics fused to the bone and controlled by the nervous impulses are here, but they certainly are not yet.
Neither are they necessarily as distant as you might make it sound.
Don't get to excited yet people, prosthetics like the summary imagines are still a long ways off.
In terms of technological development, I do not perceive a few years as being a "long way off". There is a great deal of work, and funding dollars, being put into neural prostheses and direct brain interfaces, and significant advances are being made. It is not entirely unreasonable to suggest that devices like those described in the article might be realized within this decade. The DARPA program certainly is optimistic. Admittedly, I have not the experience to judge when this technology might become available to those in need (following clinical trials, product development, etc.), but it is my opinion that it is assured within the lifetime of most disabled veterans of the current war(s).