Re: Could we live forever?

On 9/15/2015 9:28 AM,: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLS3XGZxi7cBU51zQvc2S6SNKI4mYgO_SO=1=STsTUEOqP-g Without a built-in biological life span, people may become extremely timid and risk averse. Brent "The older you get, the less you have to lose." -- You received this message

Re: Cryonics in the NYT

Is the 'belief in an afterlife' natural? Perhaps it's something hard wired within, such that even atheists hope to live forever! Samiya > On 13-Sep-2015, at 11:26 pm, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote: > > Neuroscience as a new messiah. People's belief in an afterlife will never go >

Re: What day is it?

You were told the protocol before you were put to sleep. You know that the answer cannot be Friday. Note: the experimenters add that if you guess correctly, they will give you $100,000. Will you still answer Friday? Jason On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:41 AM, John Clark

Re: Could we live forever?

I am kind of deeply interested in this stuff, because it, at least, is supposedly, hopeful. It seems, at this point, that the time for uploading is far, far, away. It could emerge out of neuroscience research, and all that, but it doesn't feel like there is anything reliable at this point.

Re: What day is it?

On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: ​> ​ > You will undergo the following experiment: > 1. During the weekend you will be put to sleep with a drug and not be > woken up until Monday. > 2. On monday you will be woken up and asked what day it is. *How do you >

Re: Could we live forever?

What prompts the question in my mind: what is 'forever'? Time is a relative coordinate we apply under our own universe - based circumstances together with space (motion?). In human reasoning (!). *Forever *brings to mind first: in a *timelessly* momentary fashion, definitely not the

Re: What day is it?

Hi! I vote for Sunday (Saturday?) when I don't have to work. Good dreams JM On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:41 PM, John Clark wrote: > On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > ​> ​ >> You will undergo the following experiment: >> 1. During

Re: What day is it?

On 12-09-2015 10:26, Bruno Marchal wrote: On 11 Sep 2015, at 18:17, smitra wrote: It seems to me that COMP should lead to MWI plus a preferred basis where the latter derives from well defined computational states. Many of the problems with the MWI should not arise here, they are an