You are invited to attend two unusual conferences where I’ll speak in May: 1. INSTED: Agitate! Los Angeles, May 2, 10am-10pm. $25 if you act fast. I talk at time TBD: The Age Of Em: Envisioning Brain Emulation Societies
Even if there was no gain, the outcome would be very interesting to me. In other words, even if the cloned Einstein was just an average plumber (or patent clerk), to me that outcome would be very interesting.And if Einstein 2 was "another Einstein" that would be even more interesting.P.S. A long time ago, I read a couple books about Einstein. One aspect I remember is that people remarked that he was incredibly good at coming up to speed even in areas of physics where he was not doing research. It would be very interesting to see clones of Einstein go into physics, medicine, and engineering. P.P.S. It would also be fascinating to see a Leonardo DaVinci 2 (if his DNA is available and hasn't degraded)...to see whether he would also come up with technologies that are so futuristic that they currently can't be built, as well as being a great painter.
Hah, no I don't think its that simple. I'm not familiar with cloning techniques, and for all I know cloning someone who's been dead for a while isn't even possible. Then of course there's the whole nature vs. nurture question.
"A quick google search tells me the half-life of DNA is 521 years, enough time to allow a great many now-dead geniuses to be cloned to stand on the shoulders of... themselves?"
If only it were that simple (you dont't actually believe a series of clones of Alexander Graham Bell would always make it to the patent office two hours earlier than their closest competitors, do you?)
Robin, why not come out more strongly in favor of human cloning? I've nothing against ems, but at this point they seem much more theoretical than clones.
A quick google search tells me the half-life of DNA is 521 years, enough time to allow a great many now-dead geniuses to be cloned to stand on the shoulders of... themselves?
"Los Angeles, May 2, 10am-10pm. $25 if you act fast. I talk at a time TBD:
The Age Of Em: Envisioning Brain Emulation Societies
Tired of all the & boasting about the latest tech & politics trends? See it all shrink to insignificance as we contemplate the next revolution on the scale of the farming and industrial revolutions. The Age of Em will start sometime in the next century. In it, brain emulations could change almost everything."
Even if there was no gain, the outcome would be very interesting to me. In other words, even if the cloned Einstein was just an average plumber (or patent clerk), to me that outcome would be very interesting.And if Einstein 2 was "another Einstein" that would be even more interesting.P.S. A long time ago, I read a couple books about Einstein. One aspect I remember is that people remarked that he was incredibly good at coming up to speed even in areas of physics where he was not doing research. It would be very interesting to see clones of Einstein go into physics, medicine, and engineering. P.P.S. It would also be fascinating to see a Leonardo DaVinci 2 (if his DNA is available and hasn't degraded)...to see whether he would also come up with technologies that are so futuristic that they currently can't be built, as well as being a great painter.
Hah, no I don't think its that simple. I'm not familiar with cloning techniques, and for all I know cloning someone who's been dead for a while isn't even possible. Then of course there's the whole nature vs. nurture question.
Even still, the potential gains seem enormous.
"A quick google search tells me the half-life of DNA is 521 years, enough time to allow a great many now-dead geniuses to be cloned to stand on the shoulders of... themselves?"
If only it were that simple (you dont't actually believe a series of clones of Alexander Graham Bell would always make it to the patent office two hours earlier than their closest competitors, do you?)
Robin, why not come out more strongly in favor of human cloning? I've nothing against ems, but at this point they seem much more theoretical than clones.
A quick google search tells me the half-life of DNA is 521 years, enough time to allow a great many now-dead geniuses to be cloned to stand on the shoulders of... themselves?
That needs editing:
"Los Angeles, May 2, 10am-10pm. $25 if you act fast. I talk at a time TBD:
The Age Of Em: Envisioning Brain Emulation Societies
Tired of all the & boasting about the latest tech & politics trends? See it all shrink to insignificance as we contemplate the next revolution on the scale of the farming and industrial revolutions. The Age of Em will start sometime in the next century. In it, brain emulations could change almost everything."