Where Lies the Self
There exists a house
on a typical street
There are cameras on the house
facing outward
A person walks up to the front of the house
carrying a pizza
In the door
a slot opens
the pizza is placed inside
A conveyor belt whisks the pizza away where it is turned into mush by devices.
Further devices turn the mush
into nourishing liquids
The liquids enter tubes
and travel to a room in the house
to a chair in the room
The chair contains systems to care for the biological functions of the flesh which sits within.
The flesh has appendages
which interact with a computer
The computer is used to monitor and run processes which interact with physical
and virtual worlds
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