THE BRAIN OF A MACHINE.
MR EDISON'S DISBELIEF IN f, IMMORTALITY. : ' r Ts a remarkable interview, Mr. Edison ' proclaims himself an absolute disbeliever in • immortality, the soul, or a future life. Ho '• i. ■denies the individuality of a human being, _ declaring that each man is merely a colleo- " . ' on °f cells, just as a city is a collection of human beings. 2K5 , Will New York City go to heaven?" §§g;' the inventor asked his interviewer, adding fc■: J cannot see any use of & future lift -.There is no mom reason to suppose the mf-WMman brain—what you call a s^ul—to bo §/£> ijnraorfc&l than there is to .think that one of cylinders is immortal I human brain—what recording V office where immortal than there is to think that one of rny phoßrtgrepliio cylinders is immortal =a; '- The Iwiua. is a recording office where -words are made and stored. It is a more explained : the will iihe brain as possibly a of, Electricity, ;«rid declared " what-.. 1 ever jt-uu HI» material."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 2 (Supplement)
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