It's been interesting to watch the replies to this thread.
Airplanes are nothing more then assemblies of parts. Of course, the same could be said for us, except that we happen to be self-assembling (hmmm, "Instant RV-8 mix! Just add Proseal and Avgas!").
Can we point to our own soul? Can we take a picture of it and put it on display? Does that make it any less real?
I am reminded of a quote posted to someone's blog upon the death of their dog:
"We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." -- Henry Beston, circa 1925
TODR
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Doug "The Other Doug Reeves" Reeves
CTSW N621CT - SOLD but not forgotten
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Reason: fixed typo
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