The tasp (electronarcotic) will be much easier to perfect than any of the rest of this stuff. http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=59 And once it becomes available, interest in anything beyond will drop to zero as everyone plugs in and drops out. Civilization is KO'd!
Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "vortex" <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: Two more pieces > Two more pieces of an emerging picture-puzzle - an > "evolutionary-jump" jigsaw puzzle that is, were announced recently > in the science press. On NPR today was an update of the > non-invasive brain-computer interface technology, which already > offers more control than once thought possible. > > A brain-computer interface (BCI) which translates intentional tiny > electric signals detected from the scalp or other external cells, > from the user into a command structure which the computer > understands is now inevitable. It offers comparable precision, > speed and accuracy to systems that rely on electrodes surgically > implanted in the brain. Researchers at the Department of Health's > Wadsworth Center Laboratories have been working on this for some > time. It has been widely assumed that only invasive devices could > control complex movements, such as operating a word processing > program or a motorized accessories by thought alone. Here is a > past story, now dated the new advances which do not appear to be > online yet. > http://www.news-medical.net/?id=6745 > > Which brings to mind another logical progression and step in this > technology, which is the subject of two remarkable cinematic > masterpieces - "Strange Days" and Natalie Wood's last film, the > under-appreciated and aptly named movie "Brainstorm". > > Back to real science (as opposed to overly-dramatized prophecy). > The second piece of this perceived "quickening" is more aptly > appropriate for that descriptive word, in that it involves not > just stem cells, which can be grown more reliably now: > http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/05/20/1447203.shtml?tid=191&tid=14 > > And some mention is given of the next logical step, given that > stem cells still require donated human eggs. It will be a more > significant advance in medical engineering when we learn to use > specialized stem cells to also grow the necessary human ovary in > the lab, and then harvest the eggs from that line. It doesn't > really matter if the Luddites keep the USA from doing this, as > many countries are now capable. Today's news story comes from S. > Korea. > > Several labs are looking into this new angle, and natural > progression, of harvesting ovaries already, so the only question > is will the US be left out of being on the ground floor of this or > not. We can let the many 'Fall-wells' in the bigotry profession > fume and bombast all they want, but the process of advancement is > inevitable, somewhere, and the only question now for government is > who will benefit the most from genetic engineering. > > The advances now in the lab will dramatically decrease the need > for female donors, or eliminate that part of the equation, and > ultimately whatever Moore's law-equivalent comes to genetic > engineer will allow almost every wealthy individual to have > his/her own stem cells cloned and put into cryo-storage, starting > at a young age, put in storage ostensibly for future > contingencies, but not exclusively... > > Here is where is it is all leading. > > Imagine a youngster who is born this year (to wealthy and > ambitious parents in S. Korea) and which child will encounter a > situation in about 2008 when advances in computers will mean that > he may have ownership by that time, of a near human equivalent AI > thinking machine, for the cost of a luxury automobile, which > machine and auxiliary equipment (perhaps with some implants or > fashion accessories) will become: > > 1) first... his combination nanny, 24/7 big brother and playmate > (of the benign variety), guardian, kindergarten teacher, reward > giver, entertainer, story teller, and more parent than any human > parent could ever be. > > 2) second... his record keeper and diarist of **everything** > relevant that happened in his life, and life-long professor and > expert on all things. Keeping detail visual images of every > incident. > > 3) Then become his legal guardian, who recommends an embryonic > cloned duplicate be started and saved cryogenically... and then > manages and controls his wealth as it is inherited or earned. > > 4) Becomes and integral part, and managing-partner of this > persons' whole day-to-day existence, for his normal lifetime.... > > 5) probably by that time, the machine will have the same > continuity aspirations of the alter-ego owner, with whom each have > shared a long-term near-identity. > > We know what happens now when pet owners who have a long > relationship with a mere family pet, a trusted dog or cat as a > companion, and that animal dies. They will pay six figures for pet > cloning. Multiply that many-fold and imagine the intimacy and > cross-connection of the emerging duality of human and H.E.M. > (which is his human equivalent machine). More than a few of them > will be named Hal, no doubt, and when they talk to their banker, > or clone-keeper on the telephone, no one can tell if it is Him of > Hem on the other line. > > ...then...something most surprising is poised to transpire on the > death of the more transient half of that dual-hybrid-equation ... > Say the human dies in 2025 of something unavoidable, even with the > due diligence of his alter-ego (freak accident, or bioterrorism > from N. Korea, for instance)... OK then remember that for the > whole 20 year joint-existence and partnership, every single > meaningful event has been recorded and kept on file for all which > has happened in that lifetime... and, now the bereft HEM (if he > did not "pull-a-Hal"), knowing full-well, of the availability of > that clone in cold storage, and having financial resources at his > disposal ...ahh... > > Is there any doubt that the clone will be revived, and that an > enhanced BCI (brain-computer interface) will recreate for the > clone the whole past "identity" of the recently departed... and on > an accelerated timetable? > > Is this the surprising vision/version of **eternal life** that > awaits us in a technological future. > > If so, there is no doubt in my mind that, in different > circumstances, the preachers and prophets of every sect and > religion will say .. "yup... told you so." Even the Fall-wells of > the future, (some of whom will be clones) will arise and join in > the self-congratulatory back-slapping : "Bothers and Sisters. this > is exactly what our Messiah meant way back then [Amen, Amen], when > he promised eternal life to us believers, just as I have been > telling you, all along [Amen, Amen] ... > > ...Not to mention... the political connection - G.H.W Bush III, > looking identical to the dub, will be quoted for weeks on end on > Fox Network, now the official and only allowed news source of the > NWO... "Just look at what we have done, good Christians... we, the > silent majority, who have supported and financed this research on > stem-cell cloning from the very beginning... we are so happy now > and will be sure to "keep it in the family" and legislate that > only true believers need apply for CSC from Central Services (as > cloned storage continuity).... > > Signed. > > Harry Tuttle > Futurologist, and chief CS freezer repairman > > > > > > >
