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Message 10 of 60 (125337)
07-17-2004 9:41 PM

Reply to: Message 1 by Yaro
07-16-2004 9:13 AM

Yaro

Do you think mind reading will ever be possible?

I would think the problem right now is in what way would mind reading occur? Are thoughts actually echoes of electrical activity in the brain or is there a subtle link with our voice apparatus.
I find that when I am thinking that I actually am involving the use of speech at a very low volume.I will actually breathe in the same way I do when speaking aloud only far more subdued. I have not ever inquired whether this is the same with other people.

If this is the case and our thoughts are subtle vocalizations then reading minds may require not then interception and magnification of electrical activity from the brain but rather the intonation of our vocal apparatus.

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Message 20 of 60 (125797)
07-19-2004 10:06 PM

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07-19-2004 7:33 PM

Yaro

This is an article by Ray Kurzweil that deals with this very subject

http://radio.cbc.ca/...rams/quirks/archives/02-03/oct19.html

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Message 22 of 60 (125805)
07-19-2004 10:47 PM

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07-19-2004 10:21 PM

Yaro

The idea of downloading a mind to silicon may just be an inappropriate appealing to our modern technology sense of things to set the hook and reel us in.
I suppose if they could provide enhanced senses at the level of bird vision or bat hearing and perhaps the ability to go into enviroments such as space or deep ocean I might consider it worthwhile.It is personally enticing to be able to have an extended life but I do not have a pressing need to live forever.

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Message 35 of 60 (126435)
07-22-2004 12:34 AM

Reply to: Message 34 by Yaro
07-21-2004 11:51 PM

Re: the Universe

Yaro

There are the rushing waves
mountains of molecules
each stupidly minding its own business
trillions apart
yet forming white surf in unison.

Ages on ages
before any eyes could see
year after year
thunderously pounding the shore as now.
For whom, for what?
On a dead planet
with no life to entertain.

Never at rest
tortured by energy
wasted prodigiously by the sun
poured into space.
A mite makes the sea roar.

Deep in the sea
all molecules repeat
the patterns of one another
till complex new ones are formed.
They make others like themselves
and a new dance starts.

Growing in size and complexity
living things
masses of atoms
DNA, protein
dancing a pattern ever more intricate.

Out of the cradle
onto dry land
here it is
standing:
atoms with consciousness;
matter with curiosity.

Stands at the sea,
wonders at wondering: I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe.

R.P.Feynman

Seems similar to your sentiments

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