Philosophical Question

[KABOOM]

If I had my brain put in a robot body, and a war breaks out between robots and humans, which side am I on?

 

[Duke E. Pyle]

Trick question, depends on whether or not the robot could see. Right now i must click on that "talk to live local hotties on webcam" button :computer:

 

[SoKluless]

Since the question is directed towards you I believe your choice would be the robots due to the simple and obvious fact that GrapJ has a "thing" for electrical outlets, cannot operate with vista, and does not practice the act of fornication presumibly with either sex.

 

[-KA-]

humans. you think and feel like a human.

or do you think cripples would fight for the robots too?

Whoever is winning - choose that side ...ok just a joke.

When you put your human brain in a robot's body, then your human body won't be able to think, or feel pain (at least your human body don't know it's painful what you feel). Your human body would be like Festus from WWE.

So if the robot starts thinking and knows the stuff your human body used to know...You're on robots side.

 

[docr]

It won't matter as long as you're armed

 

[chile149]

You'll be working as a double agent for the humans, of course. They'd pay good watt for your special ability to infiltrate.

 

[Cman]

i would say you have a choice to make.

 

[notkcots]

You would be a human inside a robot body because your brain, which is organic is wired into a computer which would be telling the mechanical body what to do. Ohh but wait the computer maybe controlling your brain so..Oh I don't know I guess it would be whatever wins out or who befriends you.

 

[GrapJ]

I understand the question is about "side" but before i can answer i have to ask you : are you allowed/committed to commit suicide?

 

[HorribleSanity]

Both and neither. You'd be unacceptable to either side during such a conflict. You'd be seen as a corrupted piece of equipment to be reclaimed by the robots. The humans would be too wary that the mechanical body would become somehow the dominant part, thus warranting the destruction of your body.

Therefore your choices are:
1) Try going to a side and be eliminated.
2) Try to run and hide until the whole conflict is over.
3) Assuming that the robots cannot detect the living tissue within the robot, assist in destroying the robot army from the inside.
3a) Hope that you can convince the panicked and irrational human side after the war is over that you did indeed "help".
3b) After the downfall of the robot army, attempt to wipe out the human side as well and let the planet renew itself.

Could go on here with scenarios and options, but they are infinite.

 

[samaelian]

neither side, you are now a Cyborg, which makes this a 3 way war

 

[Duke E. Pyle]

along a similar line a ran across this http://www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/think/article.php?num=2

 

[zaqwsxcderfv]

i think you'd be human