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NoSoup · 07-23-2004, 08:23 AM

Alright, so this is probably quite a ways down the road, if it ever happens, but -

There have been studies that suggest celluar memory. Basically, a planeria (a very simple worm) was placed into a maze with food as a reward. After traversing the maze many, many times, it finally knew the way. The planeria was then killed, ground up, and fed to other planeria. When placed in the maze, they found the food in record time, usually with the first or second attempt.

Although it would be a long shot to begin this type of thing with more complex animals, especially humans, if scientists were to figure out exactly where the memories were stored and how to transfer them to a new body, you could in effect transfer someones memories into a new body.

With the advances in cloning, you could potentially clone yourself, feed your clone your brain juice or whatever, and then that clone, in all effectiveness, would be you. There wouldn't be any real use for your older body, so if it wasn't destroyed in the process of transferring memory it could be destroyed after with no ill effects.

If this process was actually ever perfected, would you go through with it? Why or why not? Can you imagine being 4 years old and knowing all you know now? Humans could potentially become incredibly intelligent with the ability to devote several lifetimes to studying...

Just something to think about...

07-23-2004, 08:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
NoSoup Non-Rookie Location: Green Bay, WI	Living Forever - A Real Possiblity? Alright, so this is probably quite a ways down the road, if it ever happens, but - There have been studies that suggest celluar memory. Basically, a planeria (a very simple worm) was placed into a maze with food as a reward. After traversing the maze many, many times, it finally knew the way. The planeria was then killed, ground up, and fed to other planeria. When placed in the maze, they found the food in record time, usually with the first or second attempt. Although it would be a long shot to begin this type of thing with more complex animals, especially humans, if scientists were to figure out exactly where the memories were stored and how to transfer them to a new body, you could in effect transfer someones memories into a new body. With the advances in cloning, you could potentially clone yourself, feed your clone your brain juice or whatever, and then that clone, in all effectiveness, would be you. There wouldn't be any real use for your older body, so if it wasn't destroyed in the process of transferring memory it could be destroyed after with no ill effects. If this process was actually ever perfected, would you go through with it? Why or why not? Can you imagine being 4 years old and knowing all you know now? Humans could potentially become incredibly intelligent with the ability to devote several lifetimes to studying... Just something to think about... __________________ I have an aura of reliability and good judgement. Just in case you were wondering...