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Originally Posted by urgeok2
the internet is indeed the biggest technological advancement i've seen in my lifetime. tied to this is computers of course ... and mp3's, downloadable movies, etc.
i think my PSP is the coolest bit of technology i've bought - probably ever.
what i'd like to see in the future is true virtual reality - and the ability to transplant your brain into younger bodies.
(and a way to keep the brain from degrading - because there would be nothing more pathetic to be senile in a young body ... telling those awful jokes to waitresses, writing letters to the editor everytime someone walked on your lawn ...etc
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im thinking by the time we have that technology, we will also be able to back up our brains to a hard drive, so it owuld be a simple upload, download, just like moving files and profile from an old computer to a new one.
I saw something severla years ago where they were actually trying to record skills, so in effect, you could actually learn how to fly a helicopter or martial arts, a-la the matrix.
the catch there is that they would need to make sure they include the discipline that comes with that knowledge, kind of "memory copyright protection". it owuld be frightneing for a bunch of criminals to upload the skills of say a master martial artist and the weapons skills of a navy seal, and none o fth esafety catches that people who achieve that level of skill usually have.