Physicists propose the first scheme to teleport the memory of an organism

Phys.org ^ | January 14, 2016

[presidio9]

For some reason this photo made me think of you and your valiant bullet bra crusade.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Uhh...it is fiction. lighten up.

[Moonman62]

Interesting definition of memory. That’s 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.

[doorgunner69]

Maybe a way to give Biden a brain?

[Axenolith]

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...

[BenLurkin]

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

[fwdude]

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.

[wally_bert]

B5 was actually pretty fair towards religion. I think JMS is an atheist but I might be thinking of someone else.

[a fool in paradise]

What if it’s a false memory like eye witness testimony?

[catnipman]

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!

[MeshugeMikey]

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?

[Sans-Culotte]

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.

[SaveFerris]

Guess I missed that one....

[Hot Tabasco]

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.

[Hot Tabasco]

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...........

[GeronL]

Bob is dead, but we kept his memory alive....

[dhs12345]

Like a twin?

[presidio9]

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.

[dhs12345]

An integrated circuit is a bit different than a grain of sand.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I remember my first organism, what’s the problem?