Philosophy Wire: Skin, brain and mind…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-29]: A Californian team say they have managed to convert human skin cells directly into functioning brain cells. [source: BBC News]. Is the brain the producer of consciousness? Or maybe mind is the essence of our existence? What would the creation of new brain cells in a lab mean? Would that be the "creation" of consioucness?

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