In the future, we’re going to have an “anatomical compiler” to specify what living form you want and compile it into a list of stimuli that have to be given to cells to get them to build what you want. At that point, forget about regeneration, aging, and injury. You will be able to have the body you want. You want an extra brain hemisphere? You want to directly sense the solar weather and the stock market? Why not? We’ve made them in the lab in model systems. Biology is incredibly plastic, and I absolutely think it’s possible.
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I think he is quite good, but superficially without looking at this it seems a bit of a hammer and nail thing. I will look at it, however.
“engrams that were left in your brain and body”
The inclusion of the word engrams is a big red flag to me.
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Yes but very interesting. Pretty sure he used it metaphorically. I have to bookmark this for later as it was touching on some themes I’ve been mulling over myself.
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I thought it was an excellent, thought-provoking article.
Now we have to wait and see if the guy’s a genius or full of it.
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Probably not in our lifetime.
But here’s hoping anyway.
Our guesses about when big advances will occur tend to be way off. Five years seems to be a common projection. In five years, quantum computing will be in common use, we’ll be able to rejuvenate our bodies and artificial intelligence will make the human race its slaves.
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