From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Dec 31 1999 - 07:48:13 MST
From: Kathryn Aegis <k_aegis@mindspring.com>
>One disappointment: During a discussion of the possibility
>of downloading new skills into one's brain, 48 Hours showed
>video clips of dancers, violinists, and other persons using
>fine motor skills. Given that the spinal cord contains its
>own secondary learning system, and that dancers and musicians
>train that secondary system over years of practice, it isn't
>that reasonable to think that one could suddenly download
>and become the next Yo Yo Ma. A small quibble, tho.
This would seem to be an argument in favor of whole body v.s.
neurosuspension, but I would assume that when revival becomes
possible it will be relatively easy to upload an advanced spinal
neuro-system at the same time.
So far the only argument I see favoring whole body over neuro is
the idea that whole bodies will probably be revived first.
Brian
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