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Depends on which "creature" you consider has free will. I think it confirms a sci-fi theory that I have: if you want to "upload" a human to a computer, it's no
by koonsolo 5y ago
Depends on which "creature" you consider has free will.
I think it confirms a sci-fi theory that I have: if you want to "upload" a human to a computer, it's not enough to copy the brain. You basically have to copy and simulate the whole body.
- netizen-936824 5y agoNo creature has "free will" Simulating the entire organism would likely predict behaviors but would not qualify as an "upload" as the original copy still exists in reality. There is no transfer of awareness
- delecti 5y agoIf you're curious to read more, there's a completely non-sci-fi name for that theory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition
- jrootabega 5y agoThis is the big reveal of the Keanu Reeves/Thomas Middleditch (no, that's really the cast) movie "Replicas". I am deliberately spoiling it to save anyone else the pain of watching it. My best-case scenario is that the movie does not exist, and my memories of watching it are simply my brain's dying hallucinations, patching together memories of The Matrix, Johnny Mnemonic When I Was 13, and Silicon Valley Seasons 1-3.
- frumper 5y agoI think I've started watching this movie a few times only to realize not very far into the film that it was so bad I blocked out the memory of watching it.
- namlem 5y agoOr at least the peripheral nervous system.
- jamiek88 5y agoThere are many neurons in our stomachs. So not a crazy thought.