Re: Thank you all
Holy,
Yes I am doing all I can to fulfill my goals. I gave much thought to this 30 years ago and came to realize that there was so much that I wanted to do but there appeared to be too little time in a typical human lifetime to even start. Everything I would learn or experience would be for nothing unless I could live to enjoy those thoughts. I kept coming back to the issue that death seemed inevitable. That led me into numerous areas of research –
Religions: All offer a promise to survive physical death. This was clearly a strong partial alignment with my goals (to cheat death). But my experience as an evangelistic Christian left me totally unconvinced that such an approach was going to help me achieve my goals. There simply wasn’t any factual basis for any of the claims. There wasn’t any certainty of the desired result, and as I studied more I began to see major fundamental flaws. I realized that those who follow a religion want the same as me but have accepted a path of self-delusion.
Anti-aging Research: I spent a great deal of time reading scientific literature in this area, but not being a trained scientist I found most of the advanced material was beyond my understanding. I considered going back to university to study in this area but realized that I wasn’t bright enough to be able to make any of the breakthroughs I felt were needed. I decided that I’d leave this area to those who could make those breakthroughs. In the meantime I simply monitor the major research projects, and I am very pleased to see massive progress in recent years. This gives me hope that I should be able to extend my life well into my 100s. I hope by then that further breakthroughs will extend that further and then beyond.
Mind Uploading: This provides the greatest hope of satisfying my goals in the long term. The topic is not well understood by most and I am not going to explain the details or many of the implications here. Briefly: Computing power will equal and surpass the power of the human brain within about 10 to 25 years. The essential concept is to have my brain scanned in perfect detail, digitized and loaded into a computer based substrate. I would survive as a non-biological being (the term is posthuman) and escape all the disadvantages of being biological.
MU is my greatest hope although current research is slow since we do not yet have the needed computing power. To help in this direction I have moved from the UK to Silicon Valley in California where I now work for a major computer manufacturer. I now manage a department of senior designers and have access to state of the art computing technology. I need the scientists to work on the Whole Brain Emulation techniques as well as brain scanning technologies. Alongside this is the development of robotic limbs, bodies etc. My area of focus and expertise is the computing power that will be needed.
These goals make my attitude to life somewhat unusual. Typically I see very little in life worth taking too seriously. Wars come and go, stocks rise and fall; it’s like watching a good movie. Everything is worth watching but everything is temporary. But my health is of vital importance and I take that seriously, and my work has long-term purpose, so short term details never worry me. Research in all areas is progressing very nicely and I am very optimistic that I will achieve my short-term goal – defeating the aging process. After that I’ll start living and following other interesting pursuits.
I hope you find my story interesting, even though I doubt you will comprehend all the more subtle implications; after all it has taken me decades to reach this point.
Cris
Holy,
Now for the next question
Do you feel you already are fulfilling those purposes or any of them?
If not, why and what can you do to fulfill your purpose?
Yes I am doing all I can to fulfill my goals. I gave much thought to this 30 years ago and came to realize that there was so much that I wanted to do but there appeared to be too little time in a typical human lifetime to even start. Everything I would learn or experience would be for nothing unless I could live to enjoy those thoughts. I kept coming back to the issue that death seemed inevitable. That led me into numerous areas of research –
Religions: All offer a promise to survive physical death. This was clearly a strong partial alignment with my goals (to cheat death). But my experience as an evangelistic Christian left me totally unconvinced that such an approach was going to help me achieve my goals. There simply wasn’t any factual basis for any of the claims. There wasn’t any certainty of the desired result, and as I studied more I began to see major fundamental flaws. I realized that those who follow a religion want the same as me but have accepted a path of self-delusion.
Anti-aging Research: I spent a great deal of time reading scientific literature in this area, but not being a trained scientist I found most of the advanced material was beyond my understanding. I considered going back to university to study in this area but realized that I wasn’t bright enough to be able to make any of the breakthroughs I felt were needed. I decided that I’d leave this area to those who could make those breakthroughs. In the meantime I simply monitor the major research projects, and I am very pleased to see massive progress in recent years. This gives me hope that I should be able to extend my life well into my 100s. I hope by then that further breakthroughs will extend that further and then beyond.
Mind Uploading: This provides the greatest hope of satisfying my goals in the long term. The topic is not well understood by most and I am not going to explain the details or many of the implications here. Briefly: Computing power will equal and surpass the power of the human brain within about 10 to 25 years. The essential concept is to have my brain scanned in perfect detail, digitized and loaded into a computer based substrate. I would survive as a non-biological being (the term is posthuman) and escape all the disadvantages of being biological.
MU is my greatest hope although current research is slow since we do not yet have the needed computing power. To help in this direction I have moved from the UK to Silicon Valley in California where I now work for a major computer manufacturer. I now manage a department of senior designers and have access to state of the art computing technology. I need the scientists to work on the Whole Brain Emulation techniques as well as brain scanning technologies. Alongside this is the development of robotic limbs, bodies etc. My area of focus and expertise is the computing power that will be needed.
These goals make my attitude to life somewhat unusual. Typically I see very little in life worth taking too seriously. Wars come and go, stocks rise and fall; it’s like watching a good movie. Everything is worth watching but everything is temporary. But my health is of vital importance and I take that seriously, and my work has long-term purpose, so short term details never worry me. Research in all areas is progressing very nicely and I am very optimistic that I will achieve my short-term goal – defeating the aging process. After that I’ll start living and following other interesting pursuits.
I hope you find my story interesting, even though I doubt you will comprehend all the more subtle implications; after all it has taken me decades to reach this point.
Cris
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