Gregg Braden

So the Salk Institute did this particular experiment. It's been replicated by other organizations since then. So if we Google this, it may come up with some other organizations, but it was Northern California. The Salk Institute, what they did was they took human neurons separate from a body. So they put them in a Petri dish. So here's some cells in the Petri dish, not connected to a body.

And they had a special computer chip where they could take, I think people are familiar, when you look at a neuron, it's got little dendrites, these little like tentacles that look like they're coming off the neuron. They were able to hook those into the port of a computer chip. So now you've got a machine cell interface.

And they had a special computer chip where they could take, I think people are familiar, when you look at a neuron, it's got little dendrites, these little like tentacles that look like they're coming off the neuron. They were able to hook those into the port of a computer chip. So now you've got a machine cell interface.

And they had a special computer chip where they could take, I think people are familiar, when you look at a neuron, it's got little dendrites, these little like tentacles that look like they're coming off the neuron. They were able to hook those into the port of a computer chip. So now you've got a machine cell interface.

So you're actually, the neuron is actually connected to a special computer chip. All right. Wow. And, but it's not connected to a body. Okay, now they took this computer chip and they put it into a computer that was loaded with a primitive video game that came out in 1972 called Pong. I don't know if you remember.

So you're actually, the neuron is actually connected to a special computer chip. All right. Wow. And, but it's not connected to a body. Okay, now they took this computer chip and they put it into a computer that was loaded with a primitive video game that came out in 1972 called Pong. I don't know if you remember.

So you're actually, the neuron is actually connected to a special computer chip. All right. Wow. And, but it's not connected to a body. Okay, now they took this computer chip and they put it into a computer that was loaded with a primitive video game that came out in 1972 called Pong. I don't know if you remember.

Pong, if our viewers aren't familiar with it, it was just a very primitive, like a tennis game. And I remember, I mean, it's so primitive compared to now because we're so sophisticated with this. But back then, it was the thing. I mean, people would spend hours playing this game. So here's what happened.

Pong, if our viewers aren't familiar with it, it was just a very primitive, like a tennis game. And I remember, I mean, it's so primitive compared to now because we're so sophisticated with this. But back then, it was the thing. I mean, people would spend hours playing this game. So here's what happened.

Pong, if our viewers aren't familiar with it, it was just a very primitive, like a tennis game. And I remember, I mean, it's so primitive compared to now because we're so sophisticated with this. But back then, it was the thing. I mean, people would spend hours playing this game. So here's what happened.

They hooked the the chip into this machine load with pong these neurons began playing the game of pong and The longer they played the better they got they were learning So the question there's no human attached. How does a neuron in a petri dish know how to play the game of pong? the answer to that question is is why this conversation is so important.

They hooked the the chip into this machine load with pong these neurons began playing the game of pong and The longer they played the better they got they were learning So the question there's no human attached. How does a neuron in a petri dish know how to play the game of pong? the answer to that question is is why this conversation is so important.

They hooked the the chip into this machine load with pong these neurons began playing the game of pong and The longer they played the better they got they were learning So the question there's no human attached. How does a neuron in a petri dish know how to play the game of pong? the answer to that question is is why this conversation is so important.

I don't know if that's the article, that may be an article.

I don't know if that's the article, that may be an article.

I don't know if that's the article, that may be an article.

See, even they're missing the point. Because the question is, how does a cell even know to begin to respond, to play this game? Right. Okay, so here's the point. Here's the point they're missing. Where science has taken a big turn is we've always thought of our bodies as soft, sticky, gooey, wet, mushy cells and biological stuff.

See, even they're missing the point. Because the question is, how does a cell even know to begin to respond, to play this game? Right. Okay, so here's the point. Here's the point they're missing. Where science has taken a big turn is we've always thought of our bodies as soft, sticky, gooey, wet, mushy cells and biological stuff.

See, even they're missing the point. Because the question is, how does a cell even know to begin to respond, to play this game? Right. Okay, so here's the point. Here's the point they're missing. Where science has taken a big turn is we've always thought of our bodies as soft, sticky, gooey, wet, mushy cells and biological stuff.

In recent years now, scientists are beginning to look at the human body from an IT perspective, information technology. And the discoveries are not being published in the biology texts. They're coming out in IEEE and these obscure engineering journals, the Journal of Advanced Computing Technology. That's where they're showing the study.