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Atheists, scientists, and neuroscientists- a question pertains to life and death: once our brains stop functioning after a process of slow decay, will we ever have recollection of the people, places, and events in our lifetime?

>> No.5948840

>when your brain is broken, will it still perform normally?

>> No.5948844

Short Answer: No.
Long Answer: Maybe but not likely.

>> No.5948846

>>5948844

even that maybe is unsettling, how is there a fuckin maybe to the question?

>> No.5948860

cryogenics m8. Or moore's law. The implications of a downloadable conscious are incredible.

>> No.5948862

>>5948860

I'm sorry, can you elaborate?

>> No.5948863

>>5948831

Frank Tipler---Omega Point

>> No.5948871

What do atheists have to do with (neuro-)scientists?

Another OP hindering an objective assessment b3 including the concept of personal belief as filter.

>> No.5948880

>>5948862
Well, you see m8, computing power doubles every 18 months according to moores law. Look it up, youll see some beautiful logarithmic graphs. So if moores law continues to be upheld, we will soon have the power to download the contents of a human brain in full. possibly even a cryogenically frozen one. Thus, the brain of a biologically dead person could be digitally restored. this is unlikely to happen in the near future, but the precedent is there.

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>>5948880

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>>5948880
>digitally restored
>human brains

I don't think brains work that way

>> No.5948917

>>5948897
Avatar D is pretty worthless without a physical body. D and C together would be boss, but there's no way either of those technologies will exist by 2045.

>> No.5948932

>>5948917
> but there's no way either of those technologies will exist by 2045.
of course,here is some very interesting link about future predictions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_future_in_forecasts

>> No.5948942

>>5948880
Processing power has barely anything to do with the development of a machine-brain interface or whether it's even possible to digitize a brain. It's like saying a car with enough horsepower will function as an airplane; there's only the barest hint of feasibility.

Also:

>implying Moore's law will hold

>> No.5948939

>>5948932
I prefer this one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future

>> No.5948945

>>5948897
Is this SUPPOSED to piss me off?