Posts from Academy of Sciences of Heroesland

Once upon a time, there was a wolf. His name was Klov. He wandered through the dense forest, hungry and angry. Then he met another Klov. And they started walking together, hungry and angry. Soon, they gathered a whole pack. They encountered people, ate them, and left only bones behind. Then, an evil necromancer came and started raising skeletons. He raised and raised them. Then he took over the world. That's the end of the story, and whoever didn't listen gets a salty cucumber.

Where are the children? This is unacceptable.

And the kids have long been asleep in their beds. Come on, drink a warm glass of milk with honey before bed, brush your teeth, and good night.

No, I have an evening movie session. I need to finish watching someone else's movie. beware, spoilers
I was terribly upset that the girl died at the beginning of the third part. This, damn it, was the most brutal moment in all three parts. The protagonist put so much effort into the second part to save this girl, she was really struggling, and she even saved her, but in the third part, at the very beginning, she just takes and dies. She drowns. And there is no one nearby to save her. Yes, this is definitely the most terrible moment in this horror movie, and it doesn't matter that it's not very scary at all.
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“Once I was blind, but now I can see.” Thanks to advances in vision restoration and products like Argus II (from Second Sight) and Bio-Retina (NanoRetina), these words are becoming a reality.

California-based Second Sight has developed the “retinal prosthesis” Argus II, about the successful clinical trials of which we have already reported. Its principle of operation is based on electrical stimulation of the retina, which allows for the restoration of visual perception. Unfortunately, the system is dauntingly complex and just as expensive: Argus II and the four-hour operation to install the system in the patient’s body under general anesthesia will cost $115,000. Moreover, this is not the end of the difficulties for a person who wants to restore their vision: they will have to learn to interpret the signals sent by the system to the brain.

he will have to learn to interpret the signals sent by the system to the brain.

So, does this mean the brain itself won't adapt, and the signals will have to be CONSCIOUSLY processed? Or will the brain get used to it over time, and visual images will appear?

Probably the images will be somewhat rough, and you'll have to use your imagination to figure out what they are.

In the thread about ghosts, for some reason, the question arose regarding the possibility of moving at superluminal speed. This reminded me of one article:
http://www.membrana.ru/particle/1909.

What do you think about the anthropic principle? If there are other universes where different laws of physics apply, or where the physical constants are such that they do not allow for the emergence of intelligent life, then, naturally, intelligent life does not appear in these universes. But in our universe, it did. We can observe this firsthand. And in those places in our universe, or in other universes, where there may be different laws of physics, there is no one to observe them because such laws do not allow for the existence of an intelligent observer. It seems logical to me. If a person closes their eyes, they cannot see whether their friend has closed their eyes, but with their eyes open, they can perfectly observe their neighbor. On the other hand, we do not know if universes with different laws even exist, and if they do, perhaps these laws allow for the existence of some observers with whom we cannot communicate. The question of "why intelligent life exists in our universe" seems silly to me because the answer to it is also rather silly – because that's how it happened, or that's how randomness distributed things. Because if it weren't that way, we wouldn't exist at all, but we do, and there's nothing miraculous about it; it's all perfectly normal.

I was just discussing an idea with Morti on Skype, and he suggested we talk about it here. The possibility of transferring a person into a digital form. Imagine that a person's character, way of thinking, and soul are taken and recorded in binary code. What do you think, esteemed scientists, is this possible? I think it is quite possible, at least theoretically. In practice, however, it will be a very long time before we can do this. Given the complexity of a person and their character, it is extremely difficult to record them in binary code, and besides, the resulting file will be truly gigantic. Why would we need this? For example, we could "back up" a person. They get into an accident, die in a car crash, for example, but there is a digital copy of them that contains information about both the person's physical form and what is stored in their brain. It is taken to a special place where the person is restored materially, and then psychologically. Or, for example, we could create certain virtual conditions for the digital copy and see what would happen to that person. How would they behave in a particular situation? We could see if the person is capable of learning something or understanding something. Perhaps we could even arrange for an accelerated maturation of a child's copy and see what they might become, or view a possible future without maturation. We could do anything. Place two copies of a person in the same virtual environment and see how they interact. In theory, we could even completely virtually recreate the Earth and the people who inhabit it. Or simulate any situation. This reminds me of the movie "The Matrix," and I somehow came to it unintentionally. We are discussing this topic. Right?

How do you imagine the soul of a person? And where is it located, and what does it look like?

The soul is information stored in the human brain, organized in a strictly defined manner.

What? Everything I wrote about the soul is correct. Of course, there is a significant portion of people who believe that the soul is something intangible and immaterial, but from a scientific point of view, the soul simply does not exist, or it is essentially information stored in the human brain, organized in a very specific way, although I think that a different name could be found for such a definition.

As far as I know, information is stored in a specific set of molecular structures within the fluid found in the cerebral cortex. How would you transfer this fluid into a digital format?

If you create a copy of a person and simply program it, it will just be a clone, but a different person.

Theoretically, in the future, it might be possible to register fluctuations in brain waves or something similar, converting them into electrical impulses. But it would require a very, very large amount of energy and memory.