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It's something I've been thinking about actually, as I get older. There's this old joke about how dementia is quite nice, as far as diseases go, since it doesn
by falcor84 3y ago
It's something I've been thinking about actually, as I get older.
There's this old joke about how dementia is quite nice, as far as diseases go, since it doesn't hurt and you constantly learn new things.
I was particularly thinking that if we end up "uploading" ourselves into computer storage, we might intentionally do some memory cleanup, and occasionally allow ourselves to re-experience things "for the first time".
- Ntrails 3y ago> I was particularly thinking that if we end up "uploading" ourselves into computer storage, we might intentionally do some memory cleanup, and occasionally allow ourselves to re-experience things "for the first time". If you're into reading fiction, there's some fun elements of this in Permutation City by Greg Egan