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Friendship is Magic | Samuel Kimbriel

Brain in a Vat

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The Definition of a Human Being

Sociology professor Mark O'Mara: The definition of a person is complicated. But it seems conceivable to me to have a person that's never met another person, he says. "I do think that there is a significant way in which you need some reference to individuality and to autonomy" 'It's very hard to understand the like even just like currently analyzing human beings without realizing what makes us who we are,' writes O' Mara.

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