InfinitasMon, Sep 27, 2010 Someone once told me that Einstein believed we could live outside of our bodies as energy. Regardless of whether or not Einstein actually believed this, I think it's very possible that we can, or at least will be able to, live free of our "physical responsibilities."
We must determine if we can access worlds outside of our body through no means other than our own being. Many religions talk about different states of mind with and without the use of drugs to open our minds to alternate realities and even other sentient beings. We have to determine whether or not these visions are directly induced by the drug, influenced by our subconscious thoughts, and/or products of our brains being altered in a way that "picks up" a different wavelength of the Universe.
With the aid of technology, people believe that one day humans will be able to upload their mind onto a computer and forever live, immortal, in a virtual world, potentially infinitely greater than our current physical world in every aspect of life. If such a thing is possible, I would also propose that we would be able to traverse an exact replica of our Universe as we know it, possibly linking up with other civilizations in a wireless, galactic information superhighway.
So we could find life in the multiverse of and within our minds but also find life within a metaverse. It's like one scenario is very natural, and the other is virtual, synthetic. So regardless of being isolated, are we doing it wrong or are we not? Do we alter evolution, left-mindedly into the virtual world or right-mindedly into the intangible Universe. When the time comes, will there even be a difference; will neuroscience completely merge with computer science?
Someone once told me that Einstein believed we could live outside of our bodies as energy. Regardless of whether or not Einstein actually believed this, I think it's very possible that we can, or at least will be able to, live free of our "physical responsibilities."
We must determine if we can access worlds outside of our body through no means other than our own being. Many religions talk about different states of mind with and without the use of drugs to open our minds to alternate realities and even other sentient beings. We have to determine whether or not these visions are directly induced by the drug, influenced by our subconscious thoughts, and/or products of our brains being altered in a way that "picks up" a different wavelength of the Universe.
With the aid of technology, people believe that one day humans will be able to upload their mind onto a computer and forever live, immortal, in a virtual world, potentially infinitely greater than our current physical world in every aspect of life. If such a thing is possible, I would also propose that we would be able to traverse an exact replica of our Universe as we know it, possibly linking up with other civilizations in a wireless, galactic information superhighway.
So we could find life in the multiverse of and within our minds but also find life within a metaverse. It's like one scenario is very natural, and the other is virtual, synthetic. So regardless of being isolated, are we doing it wrong or are we not? Do we alter evolution, left-mindedly into the virtual world or right-mindedly into the intangible Universe. When the time comes, will there even be a difference; will neuroscience completely merge with computer science?