DUST Search - Has anyone pondered thoughts about the clones?

HECATONCHIRES GYGES wrote:

KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:

Copying the state of a brain, and recreating that state in a clone or a computer is theoretically possible. This kind of immortality will likely be only available for the rich at first.

As technology progresses, things become easier and cheaper to manufacture or perform. In the distant future self replicating molecular nanomachines will be able to manufacture anything and everything we want or need, even without the proper raw materials since they will be able to convert anything to the material they need through molecular and subatomic manipulation. This abundance will lead to currency being obsolete, and concepts of wealth and poverty may become meaningless; I suppose then all humans could gain access to immortality technology, but we might wipe ourselves out, or knock ourselves back to the stone age before we reach that point.

If everyone could have access to immortality, then strict reproduction limits would be required, as well as some colonies on new habitable planets.

then there is always the Grey Goo scenario with that


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KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.10.26 04:41:00 - [1] - Quote Copying the state of a brain, and recreating that state in a clone or a computer is theoretically possible. This kind of immortality will likely be only available for the rich at first. As technology progresses, things become easier and cheaper to manufacture or perform. In the distant future self replicating molecular nanomachines will be able to manufacture anything and everything we want or need, even without the proper raw materials since they will be able to convert anything to the material they need through molecular and subatomic manipulation. This abundance will lead to currency being obsolete, and concepts of wealth and poverty may become meaningless; I suppose then all humans could gain access to immortality technology, but we might wipe ourselves out, or knock ourselves back to the stone age before we reach that point. If everyone could have access to immortality, then strict reproduction limits would be required, as well as some colonies on new habitable planets.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.10.27 02:06:00 - [2] - Quote Nexus Dragoon 514 wrote: lol this is just dumb. you can copy your mind to a clone. it dont make it you, its a copy that has your memories. who really cares if there is a copy of you around after you die. The physical structure and properties of the brain is what creates our mental features (consciousness, personality, memory, etc). The mind (or consciousness) is a continuous process, or action being performed by the brain; the mind is to the brain what running is to legs. That process is what defines you as yourself, and that process doesn't have to be exclusive to the piece of flesh in your skull. You won't be the you are now, but the original you has died a long long time ago. You change physically and emotionally so much throughout your life, there is nothing to anchor your existence and define you as yourself.
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 3064	Posted - 2012.10.27 03:05:00 - [3] - Quote HECATONCHIRES GYGES wrote: KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: Copying the state of a brain, and recreating that state in a clone or a computer is theoretically possible. This kind of immortality will likely be only available for the rich at first. As technology progresses, things become easier and cheaper to manufacture or perform. In the distant future self replicating molecular nanomachines will be able to manufacture anything and everything we want or need, even without the proper raw materials since they will be able to convert anything to the material they need through molecular and subatomic manipulation. This abundance will lead to currency being obsolete, and concepts of wealth and poverty may become meaningless; I suppose then all humans could gain access to immortality technology, but we might wipe ourselves out, or knock ourselves back to the stone age before we reach that point. If everyone could have access to immortality, then strict reproduction limits would be required, as well as some colonies on new habitable planets. then there is always the Grey Goo scenario with that Grey goo can be solved by other nanites designed to stop rogue ones. Anything they destroy could likely just be recreated by more nanites.