I have no idea what age they would be in relation to you at their point of return.
— universeness
If you travel at lightspeed through the galaxy for 8.673 years around the planetary system at near the speed of light and return on Earth, you will have aged about one week. So many passed Thursdays vs. one — EugeneW
Aaaaarrggggh! I mean 7,745,966
A bloomin, flippin comma was required instead of a bloomin, flippin dot — universeness
A transhuman? Our follow up in evolution? — EugeneW
Alcubierre's drive and wormholes don't work, even in theory. — EugeneW
If two ideas fail, people conceive new ideas. — universeness
A human brain in a sustaining cybernetic body, a human consciousness that can be stored and transmitted from one location to another at light speed or greater. — universeness
Are you serious? Don't get carried away by those ideas. The next step in evolution is not how we engineer it — EugeneW
Maybe God will show up to transport us instantaneously.. — EugeneW
These are just fantasies, like gods are — EugeneW
Difference being that gods are real while these fantasies stay fantasies. — EugeneW
In truth I suspect that everything is merely a creation of my imagination in an effort to keep me amused. There is nothing until I perceive it to exist, or to have existed, in order to enrich my experience of my imagined reality. Time is meaningless as there is no context in which it would be valid. There is only me.
Imaginationism — Book273
Very serious! I don't get carried away, I might get intrigued and become hopeful however. Out of little acorns, big oak trees grow! Any scientific/technological/chemical/biological idea that forms in a human mind should be heard, just like your ideas as to the structure and workings of the Universe. How would you respond to someone who said 'are you serious?' after you explained your ideas in detail. — universeness
You continue to play with Pascal's wager. Bet On...Bet Off...Bet On...Bet Off. The Karate Theistic Kid (Only kidding!) — universeness
What is Pascal's wager? — EugeneW
But I know a brain can't be contained in a vessel, no matter what SF fantasies show. — EugeneW
It is claimed that robots and AI are the next step in evolution. — EugeneW
What is a human head, if not a vessel? If we replicate every system inside the head and body that supports the brain then I don't see why not, given enough time and scientists.
You also might find the concept of the Boltzmann brain interesting if you don't already know about it.
have a wee look at: — universeness
Hope nobody heard or saw this. Did Pascal gamble with his life regarding the existence of gods? How can you wager your life on that? If they don't exist, I will drop dead? If they do exist then the other might drop dead? How can you know who wins the wage? — EugeneW
Isn't it always better to bet they exist? What you gotta loose? — EugeneW
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