but in a holistic system like the nervous system, isn’t the basis of function intrinsically tied to the failings and imperfections such that a mind that operates in the same way (in more mundane terms, is the same person) must itself emulate the self-same atrophy until eventually the spirit is unable to maintain coherent thoughts?

Once the soul leaves the body the progression of that atrophy reaches a halt, the essence remains in an immutable state of the self, which is why a ghost will stick around the place of death and remain irresponsive to outside stimuli.

Look, you’re poking at an existentialist area of the phantom stuff and I’m both uninterested and unwilling to disclose information on the conclusions I’ve come to after my many ponderings on the subject - _-

So just have this pictur you reminded me of:

If it doesn’t respond to outside stimuli, how can you fuck it?