This star trek episode was much better, IMHO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Light_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
One thing Sim theory does is really give a new light on Heaven and Hell. Better make good choices, or your uploaded brain could be placed into Sim HELL and as someone who've played some pretty scary video games, I can only imagine how bad Sim HELL could really be. Sim heaven, on the other hand, could be pretty awesome. On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <hoyt-stea...@cox.net> wrote: > One of my dramatizations of this theme is from StarTrek NG. Note it has > recursion and chirality reversal -- very well done! > > > > > > Ship in a bottle; Elementary Dear Data > <http://hoytstearns.com/Abraham/ElementaryDearData_ShipInABottle.wmv> > > > > > > Hoyt Stearns > > Scottsdale Arizona US > > > > *From:* Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 23, 2016 2:12 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: [Vo]:13th Floor - deja vu all over again > > > > *From:* Blaze Spinnaker > > Ø Also, it does lend credence to concepts of immortality. One goal > of transhumanists is backing up your 'brain'. If you die, you just need to > reload it into a simulation. > > Who needs the simulation, or stated differently, isn’t the Sim intrinsic > to power-law evolution? Can an individual use the Sim to avoid being > locked into an endless succession of Sims? > > It may be possible within a generation to essentially “download a brain”… such > that the dying individual at least has the comfort of a > continuity-mythology (of a scientific variety)… IOW, which is not tied to > the whims of 3000 year old fairy tales … including the reality of a > special kind of physical immortality. > > The evolution of the SSD, the PC, AI and AR is clearly towards the > implementation > of the SSS – the solid state soul… J The SSS can find a carrier in many > kinds of vehicles. > > There is even an advantage to accomplishing this kind of mechanical > continuity outside the Sim, for the most successful individuals, the 2%. Side > note: In truth, this select few should be far less than 1 percent of the > general population, but there is a wider margin, based on other factors in > a capitalistic society, including wealth. This is most evident in a > political season. > > The disembodied (re-bodied) soul of the second tier (the Betas of Brave > New World) as an SSS becomes a marketable item in a capitalist system, as > does the genetically perfected body. Evolution is taken over by an > exponential power law. The Sim is inevitable at some point and ingrained > in the process, so the next goal is to develop the best Sim in order to jump > out of the Sim-cycle. > > The wealthy would-be couple avoid children in favor or wealth, or most > likely the single parent, who then will buy a genetically engineered > near-duplicate body, a product of a surrogate mother, based his/her own > perfected genome – which is of course the equivalent of the “alphas” of > BNW. They can shop around for available compatible souls to supplement > his/her own contribution - from a broker of such - as a head-start > towards evolution of both together. > > The possibilities are mind boggling … especially with a fine Pinot Noir > to be sampled at 5… or earlier if this thread mutates into new territory… > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > >
