Neuroscience will, of course, be important. I've long held that
Borganization is a viable possibility for the future of humanity. But
even if it does happen, we must realize that thinking with carbon and
sloshing around ions is incredibly slow; there is a better way. Not
to mention the fact that brains are hard to copy and can therefore
deteriorate easily. Finally, they take years to grow, stunting our
growth.
If we borganize, we should use our collective intelligence to figure
out how to port ourselves to another faster, stabler, more fruitful
medium. Like, say, electrons.
Even if we don't take *that* step, assuming we don't decide to give up
and lie dormant, we'll have to try to find good ways to explore the
galaxies and survive for very long periods of time. Ultimately, we'll
be looking for ways to keep on thinking forever, perhaps by bringing
about some Tiplerian scenario on a small scale via some high-speed
particle experiment and jumping in (or sending copies of ourselves
in).
I'm no fatalist, but there aren't that many reasonable possibilities,
even from this side of the Singularity.
-Dan
-unless you love someone-
-nothing else makes any sense-
e.e. cummings
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