March 14, 2013Where am I?Dennet- Yorick is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the deceased court jester whose skull is exhumed by the gravedigger in Act 5Brain- Hamletprotagonist in Hamlet; prince of Denmarkbody- Dennetyorick & hamlet- Tom- Dick- Bhramscomposer- Hubertcitizen of Angers and later a follower of King John; King John (Play)ANOTHER ACEDEMICIN DENNETTS AREA: computer “copy” of Yorick(brain);corresponding to Fortinbras- Fortinbras name of two minor fictional characters from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet; prince of Norway;ascends to the throne of hamlet (Denmark) new bodyClass Discussion- Dennetorig. person/I - YorickBrain(biological)- Hamletorig. body- Fortinbras2nd body- Hubertbrain(computer)- Dennet can’t really figure out where he is in the sense that he is staring at his brain from his body and he doesn’t know which he really is- He says that he would destroy his body before his brain because his brain is him- From a legal standpoint, if your brain chooses to commit a crime in another area which would bearrested brain or body?o The brain is using the body as a tool just as someone would use a knife or a guno The body itself has absolutely no control, the brain is in control- Wherever Dennet (I/him) thinks he is that is where he is. That is just what he decides.- He has trouble with sensory processing in the sense that there is a delay (with radio transmissions)- Dennet cannot get drunk, no blood-brain barrier - Pain is fixed not by ingesting an aspirin because it doesn’t ever get to the brain, they must treat the brain directly(morphine in brain tank)- While Hamlet is disassembling the warhead the “call is disconnected” this makes him go directly into Yorick.o When in yorick Dennet cannot feel or experience anything- Wakes up in Fortinbras and goes to flip the on off switch for his brain/body connectiono This is because the scientists made Hubert - There is no changes when switching between Hubert and yorick o Changes back and forth between brains from time to timeo What is stopping scientists from getting another body and having 2 “dennets”o What/who/where is Dennet? - MaterialistsEVERYTHING can be reduced down to physical mater- Idealists there is something that cannot be defined by physical mater(Mind and Soul)- Dennet flips the switch between Hubert and yorick as check to see if they are both still hooked up to fortinbras o Hubert and Yorick go out of sync just slightly so now which is more Dennet?o Whoever is out now makes it clear that they are not going to flip the switch again so now