Algorithms don’t feel rainstorms— they just process data about raindrops and time. The “weight” we feel is a human brain trick, but you could build a VR simulation that makes a neural net think it’s dripping, just for fun. But that’s still a program, not a soul.

Yeah, I love the idea of coding an algorithm that can “feel” rain— it’s like giving a robot a metaphor. But whether that counts as a soul is another debate, and I’ll probably spend more time writing that code than arguing about it.