It's strange, mr. Universe. I have seen Carl Sagan pop up many times this week. I heard him mentioned in "The Big Bang Theory", in a breakfast show last week, in another program, and just saw him again! Weird! — Haglund
I think this will be the case in a decade or two. — Vincent
And not for the lack of trying. Some things aren't programmable. Dualism got it right The brain you can copy as it is physical. But the mind cannot be captured in a module or whatever medium it is you're thinking of.There is no program to be found in the brain. Neither in nature. — Haglund
nicely said. All progress starts with imagination — Vincent
Your poor attempt at mockery of transhumanism is obvious and transparent.
Are you a theist? — universeness
So, yeah, minds can be uploaded onto other minds and hence onto computers — Agent Smith
Where do you read I'm a theist? I didn't mention God once — Hillary
Do you think that future life extension and more protection against suffering etc will cause humans to become less territorial, less aggressive towards others? — universeness
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting. — George Orwell
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