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Yeah, with who is doing space exploration being right up there. If it is us it isn’t going to be in our organic bodies, and this renders so much of it irrelevan
by mosura 8mo ago
Yeah, with who is doing space exploration being right up there. If it is us it isn’t going to be in our organic bodies, and this renders so much of it irrelevant. Wider society will likely pigeon hole their thinking on that next to concerns about the heat death of the universe, but for a lot of us it is disappointing.
I did wonder about what it would be like embodied as a space probe encountering an alien that had also gone through the same process. That is now the sort of scifi that appeals.
- reactordev 8mo agoLiterally the basis behind Eve-Online… you’re just a clone of consciousness of a citizen of New Eden.
- WillAdams 8mo agoThere was a short story online a while back which covered that which was put forward as an answer to the Fermi Paradox.
- firegodjr 8mo agoI'd be very interested in any recommendations in that vein. I've been really enjoying the themes of embodiment in the new Marathon, where your body is disposable, woven silk with unfamiliar organs, while your consciousness is totally owned by a corporation.