“The idea of whole brain emulation – which was, in effect, the liberation from matter, from the physical world – seemed to me an extreme example of the way in which science, or the belief in scientific progress, was replacing religion as the vector of deep cultural desires and delusions.”

“The idea of whole brain emulation – which was, in effect, the liberation from matter, from the physical world – seemed to me an extreme example of the way in which science, or the belief in scientific progress, was replacing religion as the vector of deep cultural desires and delusions.”

— Mark O'Connell