From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 21:40:45 MST
I was just thinking that if your cells were full of Drexlerian molecular
supercomputers and cell repair devices it might be good to have an emergency
storage mechanism. Then if the body died and the brain could not actively
survive (say it lost energy sources for decades) then it could lock in
organic neural settings both chemical and electrical and store that
knowledge in a non-decaying positional-informational matrix. Then you could
rebuild the organic cells. But if you really believe that continuity is
vital then this is a "new" person, a duplicate, because there has been an
inactive period for the entire neurological structure all at once. Maybe
this is better for partial injuries of the brain.
When we sleep our neurons are still active.
Perhaps we are better off relying on protective shielding or Dr Tipler or
broadcast linkage. (Uploaders, however, should have no problem with total
inactivity breaks.)
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