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Truthfully, I admit, there have been moments when I wonder if the opportunity to "beam me up Scotty" will be available during my life time. It is on the Bucket List.
It seems of late scientists are determined to create computers that move and act like humans. A good thing. Those advancements have helped to develop, for example, much needed prosthetics for those who need them.
There is, however, a part of the "humanoid development" that seems kind of creepy. Why do they have to look human?
Are we not satisfied with who we really are? Is there some kind of silent hidden hope that these androids will do better than humanity? Moreover, what if the whole thing goes rogue?
What if we looked at ourselves in another way.
What if the coolest computer of them all was indeed ourselves? What if we are already spiritual beings housed in biological computers - this thing called our bodies? And, that we are in complete control of them? What if this experience we call “life” is just like a computer game? Each of deciding what it is we are here to learn, experience, love, and create?
What then?
Before I jotted down these few idle and random thoughts I did a google search. Just to see what was out there on the subject. Not a lot. Brain vs Computer... Computer Chips Takes on DNA... the first image that came to mind was Seven of Nine. Yikes! No thanks.
Why do we want a computer to act just like our brains? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose of life? Are we that afraid to explore our own human potential that we try and experience it once again outside ourselves? The bigger question on my mind is who benefits from this?
Kibitzing with my friends over a glass of wine we got to asking ourselves this question: how come people in the Bible live to be 800 years old and we seem to only manage to get to 80? Was that a typo?
I laugh - of course - because God knows I am a professional at them! But you think someone would have caught it in the last oh I dunno 2,000 plus years. So, there has to be some form of truth to it -right? Since everything on the Internet is true – the same also must be for the Bible.
Am I going to get zapped by lightning anytime soon? Nope – keep typing.
Seriously though: what if we could live to be 800 years old?
As the conversation went I on I suggested – well - it would give a whole new meaning to dating. Imagine being 250 years old and sharing with your friends, “Oh did I tell you I am dating a younger man – he just celebrated his 100th birthday. Not sure if it will work out, there is such a huge age gap.”
So, tell me what if you had that much control over yourself? Control over a biological computer and the software that goes into it and, that you could live to be 800 years old;what would you really become then?
Hmmmm. Beam Me Up Scotty.
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The Killers as posted on Youtube throw some of these questions around with their song Human. Enjoy.
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