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Originally posted by ManWithAPlan
okay? are you talking about simple communication?
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Well, obviously the quote works better when you are actually holding said book in your hand at the time!
But yes, in my opinion the idea of injecting "memory juice" into someone else is simply ludicrous. Fair enough, it may have been used merely as a metaphor, but the idea of trying to map your mind onto someone else's brain is crazy... and besides, don't you think this young person is going to be a bit upset over that fact that you are hi-jacking his brain to further your own needs?
Sure, perhaps in principle, we could go right down to the neural level, and rewire said brain to the required configuration...but why go to all that trouble? We
already have such a brain which is in exactly such a configuration!
No, the key to immortality does not lie in trying to transfer your mind into somone else's body. If it is to be achieved, it will be achieved by more conventional methods: better and better health-care.