From: L' Ermit (lhermit@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 29 2002 - 17:16:24 MST
[ben 4*] As far as I am aware, no studies have been conducted about the
changes in human brain behaviour [em]at the moment of death[/em]. Imagine
that death provokes a 'powersurge' capable of augmenting that wattage, for
example. Hence my statement about not discarding that which has yet to be
proven false below.
[Hermit 4] Many deaths in hospitals (particularly when the terminal patient
is a prospective donor) are instrumented by EEGs or (in Europe/South Africa
by Angiogram) and some have been monitored by more sensitive instruments.
[Hermit 4] There are no energy surges at death - and no sources of such
energy (death occurs due to a lack of energy) - thus the hypothesized effect
does not occur.
[Hermit 4] That said, there is no reason to think that we will not develop a
way to transfer the brain state (including memories which are a function of
the state) from a [b]functioning[/b] brain into a suitable neural network.
My own opinion is that this "mental cloning" will be possible within a 30
year event horizon. At that point, two of "you" will exist as "you" are a
function of your brain state. "Souls", being an imaginary object intended to
convey the concept of "self", are not necessary for this process to work.
Transfering the chaotic state of a dead or dying neural mesh will not
accomplish anything useful (or why cryptopreservation is just another way of
disposing of redundant human tissue).
Regards Hermit
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