Furthermore, when concept of self is deemed to correspond to physical reality alone (reductive physicalism), philosophical zombies are denied by definition.
The strip rarely ventured far from everyday reality, and was characterized by a gradually building absurdity that rarely descended to simple slapstick.
The magazine wrote, the show has resurrected the potential for scripted dramas to be effective social satireto present a world more accurately than a reality program can.
The plausibility of such machines has declined with the advent of the real-world tunnel boring machines, which demonstrate the reality of the boring task.