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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
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Speaking at the premiere of a documentary film about his life, the theoretical physicist said: "I think the brain is like a programme in the mind, which is like a computer, so it's theoretically possible to copy the brain on to a computer and so provide a form of life after death.

"However, this is way beyond out present capabilities. I think the conventional afterlife is a fairy tale for people afraid of the dark."


http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013 ... tside-body

'Has anyone seen the micro-SD card with Cyril on it? IT'S TIME!'
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nda7w487yU0
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
I was actually thinking of that brain from Robocop. The one that was in a column of water.
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
He means you are software and the brain is a computer. You could be downloaded and run in the cloud, like in Serial Experiment Lain. No brains in jars.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body
All this supposes that your software would remain “sane” in such an environment. Science Fiction repeatedly tells us that this may not be the case.

Also, to go back to a Dennis Potter TV play, you have to ask: who would own the copyright on such material.
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