And the older I get, this does make sense to me. Belief in a soul doesn't really require proof for me. I understand that this may not be satisfying in an academic way for some, but "humans have souls and machines probably don't" strikes me as the wisest default position until we have some other very strong proof otherwise.
And if the theory of evolution is true, at what point did “humans” begin to possess souls?
So many questions when you put tiniest bit of thought in whole concept...
Can we measure souls?
Wouldn't the wise position be that since there is no evidence of souls at all that the default should be that both humans and machines do not contain a soul until proven otherwise?
I get that this isn't as rigorous as one might like, but I think in the real world it's wise.