Could We Upload Our Consciousness to a Computer?

Would it ever be possible to one day upload our consciousness to a computer? How would we go about this? Read More: The Brain vs. The Computer ****** “Throughout history, people have compared the brain to different inventions.” Scientists Are Convinced Mind Transfer Is the Key to Immortality ****** “Call it mind transfer, uploading, brain backup, whatever—the idea of copying the human brain to a computer so it can live on without the body has a strong hold on on futurists, neuroscientists, and folks that just want to live forever.” Mind-reading Technology Speeds Ahead ****** “Jack Gallant perches on the edge of a swivel chair in his lab at the University of California, Berkeley, fixated on the screen of a computer that is trying to decode someone's thoughts.” Engineering a memory with LTD and LTP ****** “It has been proposed that memories are encoded by modification of synaptic strengths through cellular mechanisms such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD).” MIT scientists implant a false memory into a mouse’s brain ****** “Sometime soon, a lab mouse could wake up thinking he had snuggled up to a girl mouse the night before. But he hadn’t. The memory would be fake.” If your brain were a computer, how much storage space would it have? ****** “The comparison between the human brain and a computer is not a perfect one, but it does lend itself to some interesting lines of inquiry. For instance: what is the storage capacity of your brain?” ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube ****** Subscribe now! ****** DNews on Twitter ****** Trace Dominguez on Twitter ****** Julia Wilde on Twitter ****** DNews on Facebook ****** DNews on Google ****** Discovery News ****** Download the TestTube App: ****** ...