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So, even though we think of our bodies as being permanent structures, most of our tissues (outside of our brains) are continually being turned over, renewed in a balance between the constant death of old cells (likely through the process of apoptosis) and the constant birth of new cells. In last week's New York Times article about this paper, Dr. Frisen (the senior author) suggested that the average age of the cells in an adult human may be as low as seven to ten years. Remember, this is an average value. As shown by Spalding et al, the value varies by tissue.
Originally posted by sirnex
Consciousness is a product of the brain, considered it a biological artificial intelligence algorithm. A very very very complex one at that. You take away all energy sources from the brain and you will effectively shut down the whole system, including all programs running inside it. This would include the artificial intelligence algorithm we call consciousness.
a brain is not a body, a brain is the physical container for the intangible mind. the mind, a conciousness, controls feelings.
Originally posted by sty
reply to post by prototism
well, we can always save time in order to allow the technology to be developed. I like the idea of transferring the brain into machine first, then little by little allowing circuits to replace the dead neuron-cells .Sure in the moment when all our mind is stored, we can expand it at will... this would be even greater. But indeed our brain is also our body (feelings) so would it still be us?
If out of the body consciousness happens to fit in this matrix one can call it superstition all one wants, but that won't change reality. The jury is out on this one.