Robert Epstein
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Yes, and he still believes it's possible, and it's not possible. And I feel bad for him in that way, and I've written about that issue as well, why it's not possible.
Oh, because they โ in a piece I wrote for Aeon Magazine, which crashed their servers, it's called The Empty Brain. It had something like two or three million views within a day or two. It got 250,000 likes on Facebook. And what's it about? It's about the fact that the โ computer processing metaphor that we use to describe how the brain works is absolutely wrong. It's not even slightly right.
Oh, because they โ in a piece I wrote for Aeon Magazine, which crashed their servers, it's called The Empty Brain. It had something like two or three million views within a day or two. It got 250,000 likes on Facebook. And what's it about? It's about the fact that the โ computer processing metaphor that we use to describe how the brain works is absolutely wrong. It's not even slightly right.
Oh, because they โ in a piece I wrote for Aeon Magazine, which crashed their servers, it's called The Empty Brain. It had something like two or three million views within a day or two. It got 250,000 likes on Facebook. And what's it about? It's about the fact that the โ computer processing metaphor that we use to describe how the brain works is absolutely wrong. It's not even slightly right.
It's absolutely 100% wrong. So because of that, you can't actually do a transfer of the sort that Ray talks about. It's impossible, partly because every brain is also completely unique. So it doesn't work like a computer. We don't actually know how it works, although I have a theory. I wrote to you about that, and you actually replied and gave me some names.
It's absolutely 100% wrong. So because of that, you can't actually do a transfer of the sort that Ray talks about. It's impossible, partly because every brain is also completely unique. So it doesn't work like a computer. We don't actually know how it works, although I have a theory. I wrote to you about that, and you actually replied and gave me some names.
It's absolutely 100% wrong. So because of that, you can't actually do a transfer of the sort that Ray talks about. It's impossible, partly because every brain is also completely unique. So it doesn't work like a computer. We don't actually know how it works, although I have a theory. I wrote to you about that, and you actually replied and gave me some names.
But the point is we don't really know how the brain works. It does not work like a computer for sure, and every brain is completely unique. So even if you could scan every single thing that's happening in the brain, OK, now you're getting a static scan. Even if somehow you could replicate that, whatever it is you just scanned, it wouldn't work because our brain has to be alive.
But the point is we don't really know how the brain works. It does not work like a computer for sure, and every brain is completely unique. So even if you could scan every single thing that's happening in the brain, OK, now you're getting a static scan. Even if somehow you could replicate that, whatever it is you just scanned, it wouldn't work because our brain has to be alive.
But the point is we don't really know how the brain works. It does not work like a computer for sure, and every brain is completely unique. So even if you could scan every single thing that's happening in the brain, OK, now you're getting a static scan. Even if somehow you could replicate that, whatever it is you just scanned, it wouldn't work because our brain has to be alive.
It has to be moving to maintain Who we are, our identity.
It has to be moving to maintain Who we are, our identity.
It has to be moving to maintain Who we are, our identity.
Absolutely. And of course, that's what Google does when they build models of us. They're building extremely complex models which predict what we're going to do and say and what we're going to buy next.
Absolutely. And of course, that's what Google does when they build models of us. They're building extremely complex models which predict what we're going to do and say and what we're going to buy next.
Absolutely. And of course, that's what Google does when they build models of us. They're building extremely complex models which predict what we're going to do and say and what we're going to buy next.
Well, it's not just that. It's all the weird stuff. The dreams. Right.
Well, it's not just that. It's all the weird stuff. The dreams. Right.
Well, it's not just that. It's all the weird stuff. The dreams. Right.
Well, I... I've concluded that, in fact, let me give you some background here. Okay. Okay. Everyone knows that evolution has created millions, possibly billions of different species.