Biological computing is, for example, currently trying to identify a process within proteins, which is reliable/stable/controllable enough to emulate at least the two binary states (0,1) within electronic computer systems. — universeness
Briefly. The technology is much too young to anticipate if it will become useful in the process of "uploading".have you looked at any of the small forays into biological computing? — universeness
Again, too early to say. I'm not even sure if silicone is the way to go. Technology and biology are at a race for life extension and adaptation to, for example, long space flight. Maybe neither will win and general AIs will take over such tasks were you want to have a conscious and intelligent entity.Do you think this future tech could deal with the complexity issue you raised?
I just repeated your claim that it is me using theist tactics. Who says it's not you using theist tactics? Why you accused me of it? Where did I give you the impression I believe in God? — Hillary
You can say that! Let's hope the nukes are dropped! — Hillary
I envision a salvation army of nano-bots injected in our bloodstream — Hillary
the emotative areas involved in procreation — Hillary
Useless functions like involved in the arts — Hillary
people judgment and discrimination can be replaced — Hillary
The new developments in biological computing, quantum computing, and CRISPR, offer a strong cocktail trio for extending life beyond humans and within humanity itself — Hillary
It's my guess you had some bad experiences with religion. So your paranoia might just be a defend mechanism. Which is understandable — Hillary
If we become omniscient in the vastly distant future because we have answered all questions would we then be god? This is the eventual projection of some panpsychist viewpoints. We have had a few recent threads on that topic. — universeness
You made the ridiculous typings I mentioned not me. — universeness
I'm having trouble understanding you. — Vincent
These are either very fringe opinions based on a very skewed logic or you are just making stuff up to see what response you get. — universeness
This sounds suspicious.There is a definite theistic smell surrounding this statement. Is this an attempt to become like God, whose existence you secretly affirm here? God being the universe? — Hillary
You wrote I did theistic role playing! And said I'm a troll because of that! Who started here? — Hillary
You do it again! Yes, of course I'm interested what response I get. Aren't you? — Hillary
Yes I am, but not based on attempts to bait people by stealth as I suspect you do. — universeness
Briefly. The technology is much too young to anticipate if it will become useful in the process of "uploading". — ArmChairPhilosopher
Again, too early to say. I'm not even sure if silicone is the way to go — ArmChairPhilosopher
Technology and biology are at a race for life extension and adaptation to, for example, long space flight. Maybe neither will win and general AIs will take over such tasks were you want to have a conscious and intelligent entity.
My guess is that we will see advances in all those fields over the next decades. — ArmChairPhilosopher
My take on what god means. Is a society of a planet that knows all the laws and all are connected with each other. God's purpose is to create an evolutionary planet like the Earth in order to fuse our society together until it can be considered as one. If we succeed in that, we are also a god. Just like our god. Then our god is no longer alone.
One day in billions of years, all planets and societies in our universe may be considered god. Then the game starts again. Then all the gods (societies) scattered throughout our universe will merge into a kind of super god. And it will go on like this until 'I don't know'.
I know how that sounds, but that's just my opinion — Vincent
What do you mean by silicone? As currently used in electronic computing? — universeness
Yeah but I think serious progress will take longer than a few decades. I base this just on the average human lifespan available now. We haven't achieved much beyond the old biblical claim for an average human lifespan as threescore and ten. — universeness
In the beginning there was nothing — Vincent
and I don't even know it! — universeness
This is just not the case, the Earth formed from an accretion disc of natural materials, how is that nothing? — universeness
The rose bush starts making a flower bud (humanity was born) (the moment when all the misery started) — Vincent
This was meant for Vincent... — Hillary
A small mindless spark to start the cycle and then wink out of existence forever would suffice. — universeness
You seem to have a low opinion of your own species. Were the dinosaurs a better species than us?
They didn't build cities and damage the climate and war with each other (well they did a bit...) as much as you claim we do. You ignore all of mankind's achievements.
Why did they go extinct? they were dominant on the Earth for a lot longer than we have been — universeness
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