From: "Spike Jones" <spike66@attglobal.net>
> Given extraordinary technology, could we not then have that
> configuration information about that inloaded brain passed
> outward to another nanomachine which has been implanted
> into an embryo? Then perhaps the nanobots could guide the
> development of the bio-brain, setting neurons in place and
> guiding the development of the brain's interconnections, so
> that the new human is born with the memory and skills of
> the original, (perhaps frozen) inloaded brain.
Sounds reminiscent of another version of _Groundhog Day_, where the same old
observer wakes up (or is born) to try to get it right this time. A comparable
meme structure also infected the ancients who imagined a reincarnation
scenario in which an entity is incarnated with a different body after each
death. To escape this entropic nightmare, we simply need to drop the notion of
individual uniqueness. New worlds unfold to those who turn away from memories
and skills of the past to create heretofore unimagined knowledge and
technology.
Nobody needs to remind you to Stay hungry,
you've obviously got that down pat.
©¿©¬
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, and ego.
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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