Is there any other kind of soul? It sounds like kr4 is arguing for consciousness as a higher order emergent phenomenon separate from (but built atop) thoughts.

I mean, it sounds like they're saying that the physical (and thus uploadable) brain is not itself conscious, but only a highway for thoughts to ride on and a storehouse for memories. That clearly implies that there's a non-physical thing that is actually conscious, whose existence kr4 takes on "gut feeling" despite lack of evidence.

If consciousness is an emergent phenomenon of the physical properties of the brain, then surely it will also emerge from a sufficiently accurate simulation of those physical properties.

> If consciousness is an emergent phenomenon of the physical properties of the brain, then surely it will also emerge from a sufficiently accurate simulation of those physical properties.

It's possible, but it may not be the "same" consciousness, and indeed, may not even consider itself to be. Perhaps better terminology to explore this line of theory would be to replace "thoughts" with "memories" and "consciousness" with "self".