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‘The Minds do remember, in their own way—relationships they had in life—things they shared—traces their loved ones—the world left in their memories. While we may never be able to define the true relationship between the mind & the soul, it is undoubtedly clear that the archived Mind helps us understand the people who have gone before us.’ Putting on—VR headset—signals straight to her cerebral cortex—closed her eyes—’

‘—recent research is a little more skeptical, is it not? Because these synaptic patterns in uploaded minds are more or less immutable, many say these Minds cannot contain the soul. A person's soul is supposed to change, you see. It grows, learns, reacts, and matures, building up a person's identity in the process. A mind that doesn't change is not the soul itself but a kind of taxidermised persona, don't you agree?’

‘—I could understand the point of having placebos for happiness/calm/whatever, but—negative emotions were also selling—Who was paying to become depressed? Were people so rich—their happiness so excessive that they needed a counteragent to bring them down? Maybe this was just me being bitter as I fell behind on the trend—It had to be a huge scam—my hoobaes knew well enough to change the subject whenever it came up—’

‘The philosophical leanings of cats aside—the focus now was on babies—Their neurointerpreting research group—utilised brain-machine interface methodologies—read—patterns of activated neurons—translate them into language—derive activation patterns from verbal expressions—Neurointerpretation had—varied history. Humans have always wanted to read the minds of others—unexpressed thoughts—imaged at a certain granularity’