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postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ started this discussion 15 years ago#6,917
So all we have to do is transfer the information from the brain onto another format, possibly hard drive. I imagine a TB or two would be sufficient, although I could be very wrong about that. If we could transfer the ego onto a different format, we would have the ability to travel from one vessel to another. Think of it is as artificial reincarnation.
We don't have any real understanding of how the brain stores individual pieces of information. And even if we did how're you supposed to translate that into ones and zeroes?
TTEH joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^][v]#121,269
That wouldn't be equal to conciousness. :l
vert joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 40 seconds later, 15 minutes after the original post[^][v]#121,270
Consequenceswill never be the same.
vert double-posted this 15 years ago, 57 seconds later, 16 minutes after the original post[^][v]#121,272
Wait. What if were already immortal and oo ahardrive.
Meowth replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#121,276
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,397
Well the biggest hurtle of course would be to translate consciousness, the ego, "you",.the spark, onto a different format. To transmit sentience onto an alternative carrier.
Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,841
But if you fall over, your brain would be corrupted. That seems a bit too easy to destroy others, doesn't it?
Foxygen !FANATICibM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,845
The original person would still die. The new one would be a copy, same personality and qualities, but a separate consciousness.
The only way to be immortal is to simply not die. Ever.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,849
@previous (Foxygen !FANATICibM)
Every cell in your body is replaced every 7 years.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,867
@121,845 (Foxygen !FANATICibM)
No want any part of living one day longer IF I cannot be ACTIVE!!! Don't think I would be thrilled to end up in a wheel chair. I may be older then many here but I know for a fact I am healthy then many here.
Often I will end up dancing with some young girl around 17 or 22 and its not unusual for those new to dancing to end up with heart rates over the top and lungs unable to keep up.
So screw immortality its just not an option in my book. Besides I have proof it makes no sense at all for the vast majority of people.
Foxygen !FANATICibM replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,871
@121,849 (H)
And you retain your consciousness through all of it. The cells may be replaced over time, little by little, but the person's consciousness is not. It's the same one.
If a person as sapped onto a drive all at once, it'd be a copy. The new person coming from that copy would probably feel that they are the same person, as they retain all memories up to the copying and have the same personality. They're still just a copy, though, and the original still dies.
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 51 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#121,903
> And you retain your consciousness through all of it. The cells may be replaced over time, little by little, but the person's consciousness is not. It's the same one.
I fall asleep, lose consciousness, and then reawaken. I've been knocked out before. I do not consider either significant in "not being me any more". I am a pattern of memories, personality, and other important things. If I transfered that to a computer I would not consider myself "a different person". > If a person as sapped onto a drive all at once, it'd be a copy. The new person coming from that copy would probably feel that they are the same person, as they retain all memories up to the copying and have the same personality. They're still just a copy, though, and the original still dies.
So? The atoms that make me up now are not special. The teleporters in star trek work the same way, and I would use those if they existed.