Comments on: H+ Summit @ Harvard: The Rise of the Citizen Scientist http://www.kurzweilai.net/h-summit-harvard-the-rise-of-the-citizen-scientist Accelerating Intelligence Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Giulio Prisco http://www.kurzweilai.net/h-summit-harvard-the-rise-of-the-citizen-scientist/comment-page-1#comment-207 Giulio Prisco Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:25:29 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=93583#comment-207 Among the many interesting ideas: "Plastination of body tissues was developed for other purposes (did you see the beautiful Body Worlds art exhibit?), but it may well obsolete cryopreservation, posing a lower-cost and more effective way to preserve the minds of the deceased till the Singularity when they can potentially be reanimated." I wonder how chemical brain preservation, or plastination, will be accepted by the cryonics community. According to Hayworth, it may permit preserving all brain physical structure relevant to personality for future nanoscale readout. This means plastination is "cryonics for uploaders", especially interesting for those who, like me, look forward to a post-biological existence as pure software that can be run on different physical substrates. I did not go to the H+ Summit but watched many lectures, including Hayworth and Smart, on Lievstream, which is a practice to be encouraged. Among the many interesting ideas: “Plastination of body tissues was developed for other purposes (did you see the beautiful Body Worlds art exhibit?), but it may well obsolete cryopreservation, posing a lower-cost and more effective way to preserve the minds of the deceased till the Singularity when they can potentially be reanimated.”

I wonder how chemical brain preservation, or plastination, will be accepted by the cryonics community. According to Hayworth, it may permit preserving all brain physical structure relevant to personality for future nanoscale readout. This means plastination is “cryonics for uploaders”, especially interesting for those who, like me, look forward to a post-biological existence as pure software that can be run on different physical substrates.

I did not go to the H+ Summit but watched many lectures, including Hayworth and Smart, on Lievstream, which is a practice to be encouraged.

]]> By: Benjamin Terminum Amovere http://www.kurzweilai.net/h-summit-harvard-the-rise-of-the-citizen-scientist/comment-page-1#comment-160 Benjamin Terminum Amovere Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:56:15 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=93583#comment-160 It would be of great value and convenience to make available all lectures on a torrent file (as was done with other events such as the Singularity Summit (which media is avaiable at picktorrent.com) for users with low speed internet (such as people in emerging and underdeveloped countries) could have access to lectures, thus contributing to the widespread of Transhumanist / singularitarian believes. It would be of great value and convenience to make available all lectures on a torrent file (as was done with other events such as the Singularity Summit (which media is avaiable at picktorrent.com) for users with low speed internet (such as people in emerging and underdeveloped countries) could have access to lectures, thus contributing to the widespread of Transhumanist / singularitarian believes.

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]]> By: Osmar http://www.kurzweilai.net/h-summit-harvard-the-rise-of-the-citizen-scientist/comment-page-1#comment-139 Osmar Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:15:22 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=93583#comment-139 Knowledge actually means Power, doctorates and post everything are subdued to the clerical masters of Universities and financial interests. So on, knowledge only exists where there is no Power. Inside the singularity of each individual that had come to knowledge as the only way to extend his own perception to a point where there is no cavern anymore, just him and the Universe. Knowledge actually means Power, doctorates and post everything are subdued to the clerical masters of Universities and financial interests.
So on, knowledge only exists where there is no Power.
Inside the singularity of each individual that had come to knowledge as the only way to extend his own perception to a point where there is no cavern anymore, just him and the Universe.

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