Ben, This is all very interesting work. I have heard of brain slicing before, as well as viral gene therapy to add a way for our neurons to debug themselves into the blood stream, which is not yet technologically possible (or "here yet", rather), and the age-old concept of using MNT to signal data about our neurons, synapses, etc. There is also the concept of incrementally replacing the brain, component by component, also requiring MNT, or possibly taking out regions of the brain and replacing them with "equivalents" and re-training those portions somehow, obviously less effective with memories.
I have been thinking that if we do not care for *pure* mind uploading, we should also be focusing on how long we can keep regions of the brain alive on life support with MEAs or DNIs (a type of BCI) to connect it back to the rest of the brain or a digitized brain. If we can do this well enough, we can keep our minds alive long enough to see the day when we have more options for mind uploading. - Bryan ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=64756752-3c621b
