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Apr 28, 2021

How close are we to uploading our minds? — Michael S.A. Graziano

Posted by in categories: biological, neuroscience

It points out that to measure down to the synapse the energy needed would melt the tissue of your head.


Investigate the possibility of scanning the human brain and uploading our minds and consciousness to a digital world.

Imagine a future where nobody dies— instead, our minds are uploaded to a digital world. There they could live on in a realistic, simulated environment with avatar bodies, calling in and contributing to the biological world. Mind-uploading has powerful appeal— but what would it actually take to scan a person’s brain and upload their mind? Michael S. A. Graziano explores the challenges.

Lesson by Michael S. A. Graziano, directed by Lobster Studio.

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