Is digital immortality possible by uploading your mind? Dr. Paul Thagard discusses Neuralink, artificial intelligence, mind uploading, simulation theory, and the challenges involved with whole brain emulation.

Dr. Paul Thagard is a philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author of many interdisciplinary books. He currently teaches as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, where he founded and directed the Cognitive Science Program.

Dr. Thagard is a graduate of the Universities of Saskatchewan, Cambridge, Toronto (with a PhD in philosophy) and Michigan (with an MS in computer science). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Cognitive Science Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. The Canada Council awarded him a Molson Prize in 2007 and a Killam Prize in 2013.

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Dr. Paul Thagard's Website:

https://paulthagard.com/

Balance: How It Works and What It Means

https://www.amazon.com/Balance-How-Works-What-Means-ebook/dp/B09SBSVFZ5

Paul Thagard's Collected Books:

https://paulthagard.com/books/

Paul Thagard's Papers (Google Scholar):

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=1-i6trwAAAAJ

Paul Thagard, Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thagard