Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 194 - 195 An Alternative Eternal Life
Chapter 194: Chapter 195: An Alternative Eternal Life?
Chapter 194: Chapter 195: An Alternative Eternal Life?
After some discussion, everyone decided to temporarily seal away the high-tech device, apart from some decryption of Information Science, until the environment of the Mother Star stabilized, before considering more refined research.
As for that High-dimensional Fragment, it was even harder to deal with, so it could only be temporarily sealed as well.
Zhang Yuan sighed and said, “To patch this leak in the high-dimensional prison, Gaia Civilization’s Artificial Intelligence Yita will sever the connection with this High-dimensional Fragment… so, if we enter again, we might fall into the true high-dimensional space where even atoms can’t exist.”
“…Trying to unravel the mysteries of the High-dimensional World is extremely challenging.”
One scientist asked, “Then, Dr. Zhang, what exactly is this ‘Miao Space’?”
Zhang Yuan rubbed his temples, “I don’t know either; it’s a term not found in our human linguistic database. Anyway, since they’ve informed us this way, we better not act rashly. Sacrificing our lives without any return doesn’t make much sense…”
After the discussion was over, whether out of curiosity or resignation, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
After the meeting, Captain Zhao had some work to deal with and left the conference room first.
With the absence of leadership, the group started to casually chat, including what that silver-white material on the device was, whether it was metal, or some kind of composite ceramic.
Even such a small question sparked a long debate, with some people even eagerly making bets, the stakes being a few pieces of chocolate… Chocolate was a costly luxury, and even Zhang Yuan felt tempted to join in the excitement.
He believed that those casings were just ordinary alloys… For many things, sufficient performance was enough; there was no need for particularly grand materials. He would bet that people in the 50th century would still be using iron pots for cooking.
Others were discussing how Consciousness Upload was actually achieved, whether consciousness truly detached from the body, or was it merely running in circles in a computer?
What exactly was the energy system of this robot, among other things.
A comprehensive product of alien technology, there was too much to explore, any one item could occupy human research for a long time.
The issue that concerned Zhang Yuan the most was still a philosophical one.
Could Consciousness Upload actually achieve true… eternal life!
The one speaking at the front was an expert in bionics, Yamamoto Ichiro.
“Based on our preliminary analysis, with this technology, it can upload everything in the human brain including consciousness, spirit, thoughts, and memories to a computer or other Artificial Intelligence machines… Yes, it seems it does not require the brain as hardware, anyway, I don’t know how it’s actually achieved. It’s beyond imagination.”
“Then it can send this data back to one’s own body, and thus a person is resurrected.”
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“So, I have a few questions…”
“First, am ‘I’ that group of data? Whether you call it the soul, or the Bozeman Brain, only with the support of this data am I the real me? This question is very crucial for us.”
“Second, can this technology be used to replace bodies, to achieve true immortality?”
“Our bodies will age, that’s inevitable. No matter how advanced biological technology becomes, aging still occurs. But with this technology, as long as a new body is prepared and these data are reinstalled, can youth be restored?”
“Thirdly, can this group of data be backed up, mass-produced new versions of me? What happens to the original consciousness during consciousness upload? Why has the original consciousness disappeared? Did it die? Is the newly generated consciousness a clone with the same memories?”
“That is to say, if by erasing the original consciousness, a clone is created… I mean hypothetically, for Dr. Zhang Yuan and Dr. Li Zhendong, the experimenters… what significance does this erasing and re-cloning technique have?”
These questions made Zhang Yuan feel a chill, and the voices in the conference room gradually grew louder.
He couldn’t help but turn his head, exchanging glances with Li Zhendong.
Li Zhendong had a grim face, looking distressed, “So, as one of the experients, have I already died once? Am I now a new version of myself? It shouldn’t be… Ah, I died, I lived again, I died again.”
Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but laugh.
In terms of philosophical exploration in this area, humanity was still quite naive. However, facing this issue, careful consideration was unavoidable.
What is this uploaded data?
A soul?
If there were souls in the world, then all the concerning issues would cease to exist…
The thing is, Zhang Yuan completely disbelieves in the existence of souls. He would not base his existence on unseen, untouchable, unverifiable religious artifacts.
If a soul cannot be verified, then there’s no need to consider it.
In this world, there are many things that cannot be verified, for instance, define any living entity A as eternally existing, indestructible; define another substance B as also eternally existing, indestructible. And so on, you could define C, D, E, F, G, and various other random living entities and substances.
It’s simply impossible to prove whether imaginary A, B, or C exist, that is… they cannot be verified nor falsified. When these entities have no impact on humanity, there is no need to consider them.
This principle is known as “Occam’s Razor.”
Compared to souls, Zhang Yuan rather believes in some theories regarding “Bozeman Self-awareness.”
He stood up and said, “Mr. Yamamoto, first of all, as an experimenter, I feel… I am still the same original me.”
“Why do I say so? According to the ‘Bozeman Self-awareness Theory,’ a person’s self-awareness occurs as a series of Quantum Entangled States in unique environments. Quantum Entangled States can achieve overall transitions but cannot be exactly replicated.”
“Why? Because once you try to replicate, you must read and observe the entangled states inside; once observed, the Wave Function will collapse.”
“What’s the result of the Wave Function collapse? Of course, it’s the dispersal of self-awareness, and the person dies, becoming a fixed value, rather than a random value.”
“Thus, will can be transferred, but not duplicated.”
This explanation was not very convincing. The Bozeman Self-awareness theory itself was just a hypothesis. Using a hypothesis to explain doesn’t provide convincing power.
