And the sunspots, lolSpark wrote:
That's the sun... you see the tell-tale eddies on the surface?
Never seen a picture of the sun like that. thats all.
If the women don't find ya handsome. They should at least find ya handy.
So getting back to wanting to live forever... imagine the scientific progress one could make!
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Imagine the amount of sex one could have \o/
Meh, one vagina feels like any other.Macbeth wrote:
Imagine the amount of sex one could have \o/
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
I wonder if there's a limit to the amount of stuff your brain can keep track of, living forever won't you hit some sort of a natural ceiling before either memory fades or functions start to deteriorate?
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Oh, I beg to differ. But probably not a proper topic of discussion here...JohnG@lt wrote:
Meh, one vagina feels like any other.Macbeth wrote:
Imagine the amount of sex one could have \o/
I call the day that happens "Thursday".dayarath wrote:
I wonder if there's a limit to the amount of stuff your brain can keep track of, living forever won't you hit some sort of a natural ceiling before either memory fades or functions start to deteriorate?
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― Albert Einstein
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― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
I call it three o'clock.FEOS wrote:
I call the day that happens "Thursday".
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of course there's a limit to the intellectdayarath wrote:
I wonder if there's a limit to the amount of stuff your brain can keep track of, living forever won't you hit some sort of a natural ceiling before either memory fades or functions start to deteriorate?
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yer it was a bit of a dumb question, but we have no idea of the limit to our brain's power/capacity.
Anyway, I suppose that if you were to be able to live eternally they probably tackled that problem as well - bit of a pointless discussion.
Anyway, I suppose that if you were to be able to live eternally they probably tackled that problem as well - bit of a pointless discussion.
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Proof?Uzique wrote:
of course there's a limit to the intellectdayarath wrote:
I wonder if there's a limit to the amount of stuff your brain can keep track of, living forever won't you hit some sort of a natural ceiling before either memory fades or functions start to deteriorate?
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
proof? basic neuroscience. our brains have a limited number of braincells and neurons. knowledge is potentially infinite. our biology isn't. if you want 'evidence' of this basic proof: look back into your own memory. why can't you remember every single thing that has happened to you since birth, like one big photo-series? why has your memory not retained all this information, if our ability to attain and retain knowledge is 'infinite'? you must exercise the intellect regularly to keep these 'connections' active and alive, and even then there are a limited number of these connections in any one individual's brain.JohnG@lt wrote:
Proof?Uzique wrote:
of course there's a limit to the intellectdayarath wrote:
I wonder if there's a limit to the amount of stuff your brain can keep track of, living forever won't you hit some sort of a natural ceiling before either memory fades or functions start to deteriorate?
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And we use what percent of those neurons? And we know what about how they store info?Uzique wrote:
proof? basic neuroscience. our brains have a limited number of braincells and neurons. knowledge is potentially infinite. our biology isn't.JohnG@lt wrote:
Proof?Uzique wrote:
of course there's a limit to the intellect
Right.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
what does it matter how much we know about the intricacies of the brain? it is more than apparent that we can not retain infinite knowledge.
the reason 'why' has little to do with the 'what' of the matter
the reason 'why' has little to do with the 'what' of the matter
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i mean why is the onus on me to prove that our brain's AREN'T infinite. you're a great living example of my argument, for starters.
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You are saying that it's impossible. We're talking about living forever, you don't think in that time frame that someone won't figure out a way to remap our brains or find a way to download it to a disk drive or something? If anything, it will be like the Matrix where you plug your brain into a computer and suddenly you know Kung Fu. We're in the realm of sci fi here zique.Uzique wrote:
what does it matter how much we know about the intricacies of the brain? it is more than apparent that we can not retain infinite knowledge.
the reason 'why' has little to do with the 'what' of the matter
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
You made a statement, I told you to prove it, and now you're telling me that it's my job to disprove you? That's funny shit right there.Uzique wrote:
i mean why is the onus on me to prove that our brain's AREN'T infinite. you're a great living example of my argument, for starters.
Ok zique, I assert that the sky is purple. I provide no proof. Now disprove me.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
wtf does that have to do with putting off the process of ageing and death?JohnG@lt wrote:
You are saying that it's impossible. We're talking about living forever, you don't think in that time frame that someone won't figure out a way to remap our brains or find a way to download it to a disk drive or something? If anything, it will be like the Matrix where you plug your brain into a computer and suddenly you know Kung Fu. We're in the realm of sci fi here zique.Uzique wrote:
what does it matter how much we know about the intricacies of the brain? it is more than apparent that we can not retain infinite knowledge.
the reason 'why' has little to do with the 'what' of the matter
our brain has a limited capacity
all this sci-fi bollocks is completely tangential
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speaking of infinite..
Have you guys ever read or studied the topic of fractals (Geometry/Nature)? I watched this the other night. Very interesting.
Have you guys ever read or studied the topic of fractals (Geometry/Nature)? I watched this the other night. Very interesting.
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Actually, it's been scientifically proven there are some people who remember every single event of their lives from an early age and can access them on demand. It's called hyperthymesia.Uzique wrote:
what does it matter how much we know about the intricacies of the brain? it is more than apparent that we can not retain infinite knowledge.
the reason 'why' has little to do with the 'what' of the matter
We do not know how data is stored in our brains. The theory is that it is chemically stored, but it could very well be stored in a quantum manner within our neurons. We really don't know. Thus, it's entirely possible that we can retain infinite knowledge, were we to live long enough. It's also entirely possible that there is a limit. It's unknowable at this point.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
nah there is a limit. a really stupid limitt, but a limit nonetheless
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
Poor guys, I think I'd rather land out in the middle of the ocean.
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, left, Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, and Commander Scott Kelly, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri are returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, left, Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, and Commander Scott Kelly, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri are returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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actually, landing in the middle of an ocean could be a lot more discomforting. kazakhstan is very continental, meaning, even though it's probably well bellow zero there atm, it doesn't feel all that cold.
if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.
More..In a "long shot" theory, physicists propose that the world's largest atom smasher could be used as a time machine to send a special kind of matter backward in time.
The scientists outline a way to use the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile-long particle accelerator buried underground near Geneva, to send a hypothetical particle called the Higgs singlet to the past.
There are a lot of "ifs" to the conjecture, including the major question of whether or not the Higgs singlet even exists and could be created in the machine.
"Our theory is a long shot, but it doesn't violate any laws of physics or experimental constraints," physicist Tom Weiler of Vanderbilt University said in a statement.
However, if the theory proves correct, the researchers say the method could be used to send messages to the past or the future.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42100367/ns … e-science/
Actually i thought we already had this conclusion. In fact..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_AvdeyevTime traveler
According to several reputable sources, Sergei holds the current known record for time travel by a human being. In his over 748 days aboard Mir (cumulative across three missions) he went approximately 17,000 mph and traveled roughly 0.02 seconds (20 milliseconds) into the future,[1] which is considerably more than any other human being. A common misconception is that the Apollo astronauts hold the record—they did go faster than Avdeyev, but they were only in space for a few days.
I thought the theory basically went "As you get closer to the speed of light you "lose" time. The longer you maintain that speed the more time you lose."
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