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Always wondered if the human brain could do an offsite backup somewhere else, redundant in the brain or perhaps in the gut.
by tiku 3y ago
Always wondered if the human brain could do an offsite backup somewhere else, redundant in the brain or perhaps in the gut.
- tiku 3y agoAnd what if this system was used in the animal world for instant danger recognition etc. we as humans don't need that anymore, because we always grow up in a fast changing environment, where that kind of knowledge is almost obsolete.
- tap-snap-or-nap 3y agoIt seems more like an edge-side processes and cache in many different parts of the body and organs than an off-site backup.
- katzenversteher 3y agoMy hope is that the brain is basically just a "consciousness" receiver and does not create it. Brain damage results in bad reception, people with schizophrenia receive signals not intended for them, people with alien hand syndrome have their brain split into several receivers and so on. If that were the case, the body (including the brain) could die but the consciousness could continue to exist.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThat's what the religious and philosophical concept of a soul is. How would these signals be driven? What mechanism is used for signalling?
- katzenversteher 3y ago> That's what the religious and philosophical concept of a soul is. Yes, I hope that it exists but it clashes with research that shows that brain damage can change a persons behavior and personality. So this take tries to combine both concepts. I have no idea how the signals are transmitted but I believe there is some room for transmission mechanisms we have not discovered or understood yet.