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Physicists propose the first scheme to teleport the memory of an organism
Phys.org ^
| January 14, 2016
Posted on 01/15/2016 3:07:48 PM PST by presidio9
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To: Cobra64
For some reason this photo made me think of you and your valiant bullet bra crusade.
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posted on
01/15/2016 3:28:57 PM PST
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presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: fwdude
Uhh...it is fiction. lighten up.
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01/15/2016 3:29:39 PM PST
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Kirkwood
Interesting definition of memory. Thatâs like saying a grain of sand has a memory.
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In some sense it does. We call some silicon in our computers memory.
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01/15/2016 3:29:50 PM PST
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: presidio9
Maybe a way to give Biden a brain?
To: Signalman
In about 15-20 years it will do either that, or provide you with an infinite and endless variety of Lovecraftian horrors and bizzareties to torment your then immortal essence...
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01/15/2016 3:39:33 PM PST
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Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: jsanders2001
Why would they want to do something like this?
Because if they just came right out with a working teleporter — people would know they got the technology from the aliens.
/S
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01/15/2016 3:42:43 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Ghost of SVR4
Uhh...it is fiction. lighten up. How does that dismiss its underlying message, which isn't intended as fiction?
Your response is like those on the left defending the most despicable art or entertainment, saying, "it's just art/entertainment." The art carries a message that the promoter finds real, or wishes to be real.
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01/15/2016 3:47:54 PM PST
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fwdude
To: Moonman62
B5 was actually pretty fair towards religion. I think JMS is an atheist but I might be thinking of someone else.
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01/15/2016 4:00:12 PM PST
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wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: presidio9; MeshugeMikey; SunkenCiv
What if it’s a false memory like eye witness testimony?
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:08:13 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
To: presidio9
Just hook a pair of these puppies up with the right electronics, pop the organism to be transported in one, turn 'em both on, and voila!
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01/15/2016 4:12:12 PM PST
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catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: presidio9
this will make for some entertaining reading 20 years down the pike.
another Trans human sort of.....alleged theory
artificial intelligence was supposed to debut by 2005 what happened?
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01/15/2016 4:12:54 PM PST
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
To: Ghost of SVR4
Uhh...it is fiction. lighten up.That was gonna be my response. The transporter is just a plot device to get people on and off different ships and planets.
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01/15/2016 4:15:44 PM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Guess I missed that one....
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:17:58 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: fwdude
There is no thought for the soul, which is immaterial, but which makes human.
That's assuming there is such a thing as a soul..Considering all the violence that is going on in this world, I'm inclined to believe there is no such thing.
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:20:29 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
To: jsanders2001
Why would they want to do something like this?
The only answer is curiosity and your question has likely been asked millions of times throughout our history...........
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:23:09 PM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
To: presidio9
Bob is dead, but we kept his memory alive....
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:28:59 PM PST
by
GeronL
(I remember when this was a conservative forum)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/15/2016 4:33:20 PM PST
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dhs12345
To: MeshugeMikey
artificial intelligence was supposed to debut by 2005 what happened? This paper is discussing transporting the memory/consciousness of a microorganism. These are stimulus/response creatures, whose "memory" contains a byte or two of information at most.
It has been estimated that the typical human consciousness contains 2.5 to 3 petabytes of information. that is 2.5 times 10 to the 15th power, or 2,500,000,000,000,000 bytes or 2,500 terabytes.
So, first we need to figure out how to actually access all of this information (the "download" alone could presumably take years for an individual), then someone needs to invent a quantum computer that lasts long enough to do anything with it.
As with many thought experiments in quantum physics, the purpose isn't actually to invent a working transporter. But exercises like this do sometimes lead to unexpected breakthroughs in other areas.
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01/15/2016 4:34:50 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: Moonman62
An integrated circuit is a bit different than a grain of sand.
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01/15/2016 4:39:45 PM PST
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dhs12345
To: presidio9
I remember my first organism, what’s the problem?
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01/15/2016 4:49:12 PM PST
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Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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