Soul as Wi-Fi, Body as Laptop: A 21st-Century Metaphor for Dualism

This paper proposes a technological metaphor—the soul as a Wi-Fi signal and the body as a laptop computer—to reframe classical mind-body dualism in terms accessible to contemporary discourse. Drawing on philosophy (Descartes, Buddhist anattā), neuroscience (Penrose-Hameroff’s Orch-OR, terminal lucidity), and theology (Abrahamic ruach, Hindu Brahman), the analogy bridges empirical and metaphysical perspectives. I argue that this model accommodates both dualist and non-dualist interpretations while offering testable hypotheses for consciousness studies.