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I love the Ted Talks. In this case, where his logic falls apart is where he assumes that if the brain can be mapped all the way down to individual neurons that such a map can then be used to download someone's consciousness into a supercomputer. There is a leap in logic there. To use an analogy, virtual magnets do not produce real magnetism. Similarly a virtual brain may not produce real consciousness. Only after we figure out what consciousness is and can come up with the algorithms for it can we hope to attain virtual consciousness in supercomputers.

[QUOTE="Randall, post: 240607, member: 2682"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]I love the Ted Talks. In this case, where his logic falls apart is where he assumes that if the brain can be mapped all the way down to individual neurons that such a map can then be used to download someone's consciousness into a supercomputer. There is a leap in logic there. To use an analogy, virtual magnets do not produce real magnetism. Similarly a virtual brain may not produce real consciousness. Only after we figure out what consciousness is and can come up with the algorithms for it can we hope to attain virtual consciousness in supercomputers.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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