... Can entropy and decay be synonymous?
At any rate, previously it's been theorized that most humans will reach a state of mental entropy at around 180 years of existence if the bodily decay can be defeated. Some will choose to end it all even before 160, while a few might hang on until 240 or so.
Personally I'm aiming for 125, but if I can prolong a seemingly meaningful existence through cybernetics or a backup transferred to a machine I will most likely take it.
At any rate, previously it's been theorized that most humans will reach a state of mental entropy at around 180 years of existence if the bodily decay can be defeated. Some will choose to end it all even before 160, while a few might hang on until 240 or so.
Personally I'm aiming for 125, but if I can prolong a seemingly meaningful existence through cybernetics or a backup transferred to a machine I will most likely take it.
Be careful what you wish for! 😱
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I looked up "mental entropy" to find it described as "the amount of chaos present in our minds".
By that definition, I've certainly got mental entropy!
Furthermore, it is not necessarily attributable to age. 😉
By that definition, I've certainly got mental entropy!
Furthermore, it is not necessarily attributable to age. 😉
Yes, but I was previously referring to a "state of mental entropy" induced by eventual boredom from exceedingly long lifespan.
I forgot which author it was, thought first perhaps Alastair Reynolds but not sure, there was a goldfish or some type of carp that lived indefinitely and had the answer to the great riddle of "how to live forever", which caused a certain development in the medical industry.
Eventually people were able to adjust body chemistry at will through some HUD interface, crystals for mental backup became common, you could be any age you want.
Eventually people would reach a state where they'd tried anything and everything for the 'nth time, and start chasing down the most spectacular suicide possible. So 160 to 240 years, unless you decide to transfer to an AI crystal or become a hive mind somehow.
I forgot which author it was, thought first perhaps Alastair Reynolds but not sure, there was a goldfish or some type of carp that lived indefinitely and had the answer to the great riddle of "how to live forever", which caused a certain development in the medical industry.
Eventually people were able to adjust body chemistry at will through some HUD interface, crystals for mental backup became common, you could be any age you want.
Eventually people would reach a state where they'd tried anything and everything for the 'nth time, and start chasing down the most spectacular suicide possible. So 160 to 240 years, unless you decide to transfer to an AI crystal or become a hive mind somehow.
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You'll know all about mental entropy when you reach my ripe old age, young man! 😉
However, I suppose I'm not completely bored as every day there is a new ache or pain to occupy my mind!
I'm interested in any plans to replace ageing bodies!
However, I suppose I'm not completely bored as every day there is a new ache or pain to occupy my mind!
I'm interested in any plans to replace ageing bodies!
In news just in: brain 'organoids' have arrived.
Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures that 'see' light | New Scientist
Kind of makes me squeamish. What next?
Maybe we won't have robots, but 'organoids'?
Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures that 'see' light | New Scientist
Kind of makes me squeamish. What next?
Maybe we won't have robots, but 'organoids'?
"Tiny human brain" is an over-the-top description of a brain organoid! 😉
The cerebral organoid in the New Scientist article is not a tiny human brain, but a tiny blob grown from human stem cells that self-organise into brainlike structures with electrically active neurons.
The fact that this organoid has been coaxed into forming rudimentary eyes, which respond to light by sending signals to the rest of the tissue is most interesting, but raises ethical issues.
Could the cerebral organoid become conscious and experience its unnatural existence as torture?
Read about the ethical infrastructure here: Quanta Magazine
The cerebral organoid in the New Scientist article is not a tiny human brain, but a tiny blob grown from human stem cells that self-organise into brainlike structures with electrically active neurons.
The fact that this organoid has been coaxed into forming rudimentary eyes, which respond to light by sending signals to the rest of the tissue is most interesting, but raises ethical issues.
Could the cerebral organoid become conscious and experience its unnatural existence as torture?
Read about the ethical infrastructure here: Quanta Magazine
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Yes - lots of ethical questions here. Quite remarkable but quite frightening IMV.
Let’s get back to physics!
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Let’s get back to physics!
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The history of mathematics and the sciences is replete with examples of the expansion of concepts.
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Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
NASA astronauts teamed up with Star Trek actors today to celebrate.
Would you believe that NASA are sending Gene's words into deep space?
Follow the celebration here: Celebrating Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek's Bridge and NASA - YouTube
NASA astronauts teamed up with Star Trek actors today to celebrate.
Would you believe that NASA are sending Gene's words into deep space?
Follow the celebration here: Celebrating Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek's Bridge and NASA - YouTube
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As my physician once remarked: "Jan, when you wake up one day and you have no pains or aches, you know you're dead!".
Jan
Since you regard some of NASA's projects as fiction, Pete, you'll no doubt want to amend the following statement to "first woman and first man"! 😉
No need. Their verbiage is par for the course...more fiction. Ain't nobody goin' to the Moon and living to tell about it. Too much dust gets kicked up to land. 😛
Not too much dust, just some! 😀
Which science-based conspiracy theories do Britons believe? | YouGov
A recent YouGov poll found that 16% of British people still cling to the conspiracy theory that the Moon landings were staged.
This bucks the trend that younger people are less likely to believe in other science-based conspiracy theories.
Which science-based conspiracy theories do Britons believe? | YouGov
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