There are a few dozen neurons in the bellies of crabs. They control the grinding motions of the stomach.
I would like to see a machine replacement for these neurons that functions just as well as the natural ones before anyone hooks anyone else up to an uploading anything.
Just ... someone please show we can understand how neurons even do things.
It's like building an autonomous drone before you know how to make a paper airplane. (in fact it's much worse than that)
@futurebird But that isn't exciting enough to get the attention of the press or, more importantly, investors.
And mind uploading is bunk and will always be bunk. I suspect it's a carrot on a stick to be dangled in front of investors forever, since it'll never actually be reached but the promise of immortailty is too good for some people to pass up so they'll keep dumping money into it indefinitely.
@linebyline @futurebird "will always be" seems like a stretch with no justification.
Are we centuries too early at best and all utterly fucked though? Almost certainly yes.
@linebyline @futurebird That's largely irrelevant though.
Without some sort of metaphysical shenanigans being involved, a functionally perfect copy is basically indistinguishable from the original.
And those ways by which it may remain distinguishable hardly matter if they do not affect functionality.
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