David Eagleman

but it's still a simulation of just my brain. Right, so here's the key. Is that me? Yeah, well, there's a few interesting points here. One is we have to actually capture the mechanisms of brain plasticity. In other words, your brain's ability to change and move. Your brain is reconfiguring itself all the time, every second of your life.

but it's still a simulation of just my brain. Right, so here's the key. Is that me? Yeah, well, there's a few interesting points here. One is we have to actually capture the mechanisms of brain plasticity. In other words, your brain's ability to change and move. Your brain is reconfiguring itself all the time, every second of your life.

but it's still a simulation of just my brain. Right, so here's the key. Is that me? Yeah, well, there's a few interesting points here. One is we have to actually capture the mechanisms of brain plasticity. In other words, your brain's ability to change and move. Your brain is reconfiguring itself all the time, every second of your life.

This was my last book, LiveWired, is all about this brain plasticity stuff. Because if we don't, if we simply replicate this snapshot, then you don't remember anything new. In other words, if I took a static snapshot of your brain, then you say, oh great, today is whatever, January 20th of 2035, and you never get past it. I'm just in this room with you forever. Forever, exactly.

This was my last book, LiveWired, is all about this brain plasticity stuff. Because if we don't, if we simply replicate this snapshot, then you don't remember anything new. In other words, if I took a static snapshot of your brain, then you say, oh great, today is whatever, January 20th of 2035, and you never get past it. I'm just in this room with you forever. Forever, exactly.

This was my last book, LiveWired, is all about this brain plasticity stuff. Because if we don't, if we simply replicate this snapshot, then you don't remember anything new. In other words, if I took a static snapshot of your brain, then you say, oh great, today is whatever, January 20th of 2035, and you never get past it. I'm just in this room with you forever. Forever, exactly.

That's number one, is you gotta get brain plasticity. And then number two is there's this really interesting thing about whether it is you. So let's imagine we scan your brain and then we kill you. You have to. And 100 milliseconds later, we start the thing up. Then it's like you've transferred it.

That's number one, is you gotta get brain plasticity. And then number two is there's this really interesting thing about whether it is you. So let's imagine we scan your brain and then we kill you. You have to. And 100 milliseconds later, we start the thing up. Then it's like you've transferred it.

That's number one, is you gotta get brain plasticity. And then number two is there's this really interesting thing about whether it is you. So let's imagine we scan your brain and then we kill you. You have to. And 100 milliseconds later, we start the thing up. Then it's like you've transferred it.

The thing that starts in this computer world says, whoa, I was just sitting in the living room with David and now I'm here in this computer world. Okay, and it feels like you've transferred it. The question is, the you sitting here right now

The thing that starts in this computer world says, whoa, I was just sitting in the living room with David and now I'm here in this computer world. Okay, and it feels like you've transferred it. The question is, the you sitting here right now

The thing that starts in this computer world says, whoa, I was just sitting in the living room with David and now I'm here in this computer world. Okay, and it feels like you've transferred it. The question is, the you sitting here right now

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

Do you feel like you have transferred or do you feel like you just got killed and then this other creature came up that happened to have all of your memories, but the question is, is it you? And it might not be. It might not be you.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

He's miserable. What's weird is that if I kill you 100 milliseconds after the upload, then that's murder. Yeah, you're just murdering.

Exactly right. I find this really interesting. Look, here's the thing. If we do upload ourselves at some point in the distant future, let's say a thousand years from now, there's a couple of things that we have to really watch for. One is, who are the programmers? Who watches the Watchmen? Like, you are completely at the mercy of whoever is running the simulation.

Exactly right. I find this really interesting. Look, here's the thing. If we do upload ourselves at some point in the distant future, let's say a thousand years from now, there's a couple of things that we have to really watch for. One is, who are the programmers? Who watches the Watchmen? Like, you are completely at the mercy of whoever is running the simulation.