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Company Claims To Be Able To Bring The Dead Back To Life By 2045
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:51 am
Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:51 am
I'm sceptical, if for no other reason because of the website the story's on. Cool to think about. What would a synthetic/half AI life even be like if our brain could exist in an artificial body?
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The company, named Humai, aims to "extend and enhance life" by freezing human brains for extended periods of time using cryonics – a deep-freezing technology that uses extremely low temperatures – before implanting them into artificial bodies.
Though that is just the beginning. Bocanegra's "ultimate goal" is to be able to preserve a human brain before a person dies. "The best-case scenario, however, would actually be to successfully transplant a live person's brain to the bionic body... to achieve a point where no one has to die at all,".
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Posted on 12/31/15 at 8:59 am to Stacked
I'm in. Freeze my shite.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 9:37 am to Stacked
Until we can get a fix on what life and consciousness actually are, I'll be skeptical, too.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:14 am to Stacked
I realize I'm probably in the minority on this, but immortality/eternal life does not appeal to me in the slightest. I cherish my time in this world, but I look forward to growing old with my loved ones and the thought of what's to come after this life. You couldn't pay me all the money in circulation to live on this planet until there's nothing left of it.
This post was edited on 12/31/15 at 10:15 am
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:17 am to Kentucker
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Until we can get a fix on what life and consciousness actually are, I'll be skeptical, too.
My thoughts exactly. For all we know our mind and consciousness has nothing to do with our brain.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:46 am to Stacked
Here's the thing: from what little I understand of biology and science, I believe our consciousness is derived from the constant flow of energy through our neural networks. Shut that off, and our conscious goes with it. Our consciousness is basically dynamic memory. Sure, you can restore the hardware, but the application will be reset.
I'll just say that I don't think this will ever work.
I'll just say that I don't think this will ever work.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 10:52 am to Stacked
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For all we know our mind and consciousness has nothing to do with our brain.
We differ strongly on that. I'm a reductionist so I think just the opposite, consciousness has everything to do with the brain.
We just don't yet know how it works. For that matter, we don't yet know at what point in the development of molecular associations that one can be said to be inanimate and its slightly altered twin is alive.
I think that everything has a physical base that can be analyzed and known.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:12 am to Stacked
Ain't going to happen..........ever.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:29 am to PrivatePublic
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Our consciousness is basically dynamic memory.
Yes, it can be said that one is what one remembers. However, I like a more precise definition.
To me, consciousness is a process of the brain that shows awareness by the mind of itself and the world as well as an awareness of others' minds, the so-called Theory of Mind.
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I'll just say that I don't think this will ever work.
Maybe not in a biological state, but I think it can eventually be achieved via post-biological A. I. If we look at its base, the brain is just an organ.
An extremely complex organ, certainly, but one that is composed of the simplest of elements working together to perform functions that presently seem magical. Understanding the chemistry of the brain will allow us to understand its processes.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:08 pm to Stacked
This is going to go over well
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:16 pm to Stacked
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"The best-case scenario, however, would actually be to successfully transplant a live person's brain to the bionic body... to achieve a point where no one has to die at all,"
Great, now rich d bags will live forever and have bionic strength.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:40 pm to Stacked
Doesn't the brain deteriorate similar to all other organs though? How would one keep that brain sharp? Plus, how would other sensory organs work? You have such a complicated nervous system in regards to reacting to outside stimuli that I'm not sure you could accurately recreate it in a bionic body. Seems it would just be a robot that would be able to capture the memories of said individual but not actually "be" that person. I think there is more to us than what we can understand...I think our emotions, personality, etc things that make us unique (i.e. our soul) couldn't be replicated and come from just more than the brain
It would be interesting if you could take the body of a young deceased person, say one killed from head trauma, and transplant a person's brain to their body and give them a new life.
It would be interesting if you could take the body of a young deceased person, say one killed from head trauma, and transplant a person's brain to their body and give them a new life.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:04 pm to Stacked
It's probably the next step in evolution then the transformation from matter altogether. 2001 a space odyssey....
Posted on 12/31/15 at 6:10 pm to TRUERockyTop
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I realize I'm probably in the minority on this, but immortality/eternal life does not appeal to me in the slightest. I cherish my time in this world, but I look forward to growing old with my loved ones and the thought of what's to come after this life.
Wait...so you'd turn down an elongated/eternal life in the physical realm because you think you're going to get one in the supernatural realm anyway?
Correct me if I misinterpreted that
Posted on 1/1/16 at 8:58 am to Stacked
Color me old fashioned and dumb, but I think God will have a say in this.
Posted on 1/1/16 at 10:23 am to TRUERockyTop
Dying doesn't matter to the dead. Even if it worked right now it wouldn't appeal to me.
Posted on 1/1/16 at 10:26 am to Stacked
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transplant a live person's brain to the bionic body
Who's going to volunteer for this experiment?
Posted on 1/1/16 at 10:35 am to TheFolker
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Who's going to volunteer for this experiment?
Someone with a sound mind but rapidly deteriorating or paralyzed body.
Posted on 1/1/16 at 5:40 pm to Stacked
Gosh, don't they know that this is how zombie apocalypses start....?????
Posted on 1/2/16 at 7:46 am to TheFolker
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