Chapter 516: Consciousness Lasts Forever

Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao came to the largest scientific research station in Antarctica, where there are not only many humanoid bionic robots, but also many people.

It is said that it is a scientific research station, but it is better to say that it is a scientific research city built in Antarctica, because not only are there many people doing experiments and scientific research here, but also many people live here, and the people who live here say that they like the environment of Antarctica and like the white expanse.

Here, the two visited the laboratory, watched everyone's research projects, and also visited the living quarters, where they even had lunch.

The study of the Antarctic will help mankind to study the past of the earth, which will be of great help to mankind to build a new place of existence.

You know, in the ice of Antarctica, organisms from different periods of the earth were found, which were frozen in ice, and their genetic information was preserved intact.

It is not impossible to continue to study and understand the general environment of different periods of the globe and replicate the organisms of different periods.

For example, the laboratory that Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao are visiting now.

The lab is studying a dinosaur found in the ice that lived in the age of dinosaurs, a dinosaur that lived in Antarctica.

It has retained the completed genetic information, and what is being done now is to try to resurrect this dinosaur.

Of course, it is not only this dinosaur that has been found in the ice, but also various creatures from different periods, and the genetics of these creatures are basically intact.

According to the laboratory researchers, the study of ice in different periods can replicate the earth in different periods, not only the earth's environment, but also the earth's living organisms.

That being said, there are still difficulties, the most difficult of which is to resurrect these discovered creatures.

After the visit, Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao left the largest scientific research station, and the two flew towards the spacecraft that stopped in orbit.

By the afternoon, they were supposed to continue their scientific work, but this afternoon the two of them had an appointment, and the two of them were going to attend a technical seminar.

The theme of the technical seminar was the transfer of human consciousness.

There are many teams for the study of human consciousness transfer, and when the development is very chaotic, the relevant departments want to determine several general directions of human consciousness transfer through this technical seminar, so as to point out a more reliable path for more scientific researchers.

This study of human consciousness transfer is, in the final analysis, to achieve immortality.

As far as the present is concerned, there are many ways to live forever, the most typical is the immortality of the human body, and then the immortality of human consciousness.

The former is easy to understand, that is, human beings achieve immortality through the way of the body, and the latter realizes immortality through the perpetuation of consciousness.

Whether it's the former or the latter, there are a lot of people working on it.

This technical seminar discusses the transfer of human consciousness and the realization of the perpetuation of human consciousness, which is the realization of immortality in disguise, and first discusses whether it is technically achievable, and finally discusses ethical issues.

Back in the spaceship, Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao leaned together and lay on the recliner, and the next moment they closed their eyes, the two appeared in a free space in the virtual universe.

At this time, there were many people in the free space, and these people greeted Su Zhe and Ning Qiaoqiao when they saw them coming.

Then, Ning Qiaoqiao went to find the location of the University of Science and Technology, and Su Zhe went to the location of Lingzhou University of Technology.

Although now everyone does not have to go to school, but their organizational relationship is still in their respective schools, as far as the present is concerned, those enterprises in the past do not exist, or the kind of pure manufacturing enterprises are gone, the rest are major universities, research institutes and various scientific research institutions, of course, in addition to these, there are also freelance researchers, the largest number of freelance researchers.

As soon as Su Zhe sat down, Fan Xiaoming and Zuo Dajun, who were sitting next to him, asked how the past two days were.

In this regard, Su Zhe said it briefly, and Fan Xiaoming and Zuo Dajun, who listened to it, were very envious.

Zuo Dajun sighed: "This wife is learned, and the two must live together at a high level

's tacit understanding, otherwise the two of them can't live together, just like my wife, it's not pleasing to look at me, to be honest, it was fine before, but now it's annoying to look at me, I don't understand it! Now I don't have to worry about eating and drinking, as long as I am willing to lie down, I don't have to do anything, I can't live a good life, I also made it clear, if you really don't like me, you can get a divorce! I could have found the right one, but my wife still won't."

Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "Dajun, what does your wife usually do, will it be too idle, if it is too idle, in another seven months, the children will be born, it will be fine, speaking of which, I also want to play around with my wife, but my wife is focused on work, you all know, my wife is engaged in astronomy, since we entered the interstellar age, my wife has been busier, I really don't know who to reason with."

Human civilization has entered the interstellar age, and various detection methods are emerging in an endless stream, and the scope of the universe that can be observed has become larger, which means that the workload has also increased.

It's not just his wife who is busy, but all the people who do astronomical work are busy.

Zuo Dajun nodded and said, "I think the same way, my wife studied finance before, and now there is nothing to do in finance, so there is nothing to do, I also persuaded her to find something to do, but I still don't know what to do, I just hope that after the children are born, my wife will not be so anxious now, she always feels useless."

Su Zhe looked left and right, and said: "Live a life, there are so many perfect, usually my wife and I will quarrel, as long as you don't hurt your feelings, you know, now life is completely free of material pressure, two people can live together, that is really caring about each other, we have to cherish it."

Saying that, the number of people in the free space is increasing, and the topic of conversation between Su Zhe and the three of them also talked about this technical seminar from their respective lives.

Zuo Dajun looked at the people around him and said, "Look, the important bigwigs are here, it seems that everyone attaches great importance to the transfer of human consciousness, this is to open up a shortcut to the road to immortality!"

In his opinion, only the immortality of the human body is the real immortality, and everything else is false immortality.

Speaking of which, since ancient times, many people have been seeking immortality, but no one has ever achieved it, and even now, the ultimate life span of human beings is only one hundred and eighty years old, which is too far from immortality.

Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "It is indeed necessary to open up a shortcut to immortality, after all, it is too difficult to achieve immortality physically, now we don't prepare in advance, in a few years, there will always be some people whose lifespan will reach the limit, if there is a shortcut to immortality, such as the immortality of human consciousness, it is also a choice."

Now the life limit of human beings has reached 180 years old, even with the development of science and technology, the limit life expectancy will continue to increase, but it is still difficult to achieve immortality.

To do this, it is necessary to find a shortcut to immortality, and consciousness immortality is a good path.

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Yes, there is no need for more than one choice, compared to physical immortality, it is more difficult to achieve than conscious immortality, it is necessary to study conscious immortality, of course, this will involve a lot of ethical issues, but it can also be overcome."

From a technical point of view, physical immortality involves not only the body, but also consciousness, which is much more difficult to achieve, and consciousness is much simpler.

Fan Xiaoming thought for a while and said: "This seminar is about the transfer of human consciousness, it should not be called that, it should be the replication of human consciousness, in fact, it is replication, once such technology is realized, strange problems will follow, since consciousness can be copied, then it can be continuously copied, in this way, what the world will become, unimaginable, of course, technology has two sides, how to use it depends on human beings themselves, but one thing is right, that is, with the development of science and technologyThe more advanced the technology, the more dangerous and destructive it becomes."

There are two sides to technology itself, and this is unavoidable.

At the end of the day, the use of technology depends on the people who use it.

Zuo Dajun nodded again and again when he heard this, and said, "Yes, once such a technology gets out of control, the consequences are unimaginable, not only this technology, but more and more technologies are brought about once they get out of control

The consequences are catastrophic, so no matter what kind of technology it is, it must be subject to the strictest supervision, such as this technology, a person's consciousness can be replicated without limit, and the result will be appropriate, and one person will be able to rule the universe."

This is no joke.

With the current manufacturing technology, if it is replicated like this without limits, and combined with humanoid bionic robots, it will be easy to dominate the universe.

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Don't worry too much, there is the necessary supervision, it is so easy to get out of control, in my opinion, I think people with eternal consciousness should not appear in the real universe, they can only exist in the virtual universe, only if such restrictions are made at the beginning, people with consciousness will not compete with our normal human beings for living space, to be honest, that's what I wrote in the proposal."

There is a fundamental difference between conscious humans and normal humans, simply put, people who exist consciously can survive only by relying on the virtual universe, and normal humans rely on the real world.

If there are no restrictions, there will inevitably be a conflict between conscious humans and normal humans, and to be honest, normal humans do not have an advantage.

In his proposal, he made it clear that it was possible to develop technology that would perpetuate human consciousness, but that it was necessary to limit these eternal consciousnesses to the virtual universe and not to set foot in the real world.

According to his meaning, from the beginning, the bottom should be laid out to prevent people with eternal consciousness from intervening in the real world and bringing disaster to the real world.

Speaking of which, for those whose consciousness is eternal, the virtual universe is their real world, which is the same relationship as normal humans to the real universe, and besides, the virtual universe has more imagination than the real universe.

Fan Xiaoming thought for a while and said: "Why didn't I think of it, what I wanted was to restrict it from the law, but the actual situation is that without the support of strong force, the law is a dead letter, useless, or from the beginning of the bottom layout, with physical rules to restrict, so that it can be effectively eliminated, otherwise once there is a conflict between people with eternal consciousness and normal people, normal people are really not opponents."

Law is not as useful as physical rules.

You must know that the law needs the support of force, and if there is no support of force, the law is not binding, but the physical rules are different.

For example, the current human race, its heredity relies on DNA, if there is a physical limit in the DNA, in this case, it is difficult for human beings to break through, because the limit and DNA are one, breaking through the limit, it will inevitably destroy DNA, then human beings have changed from the bottom, even if the change is successful, is it still human!

Therefore, it is most stable to use physical rules to limit at the bottom.

Zuo Dajun nodded again and again when he heard that, and said, "Yes, it should be like this, people with eternal consciousness cannot be allowed to interfere in things in the real universe, once they are allowed, the consequences will be very serious, and in the end, people with eternal consciousness will regard themselves as gods, and it may be possible to captive us normal people, this ...... It's scary to think about! To be honest, I also wrote some regulatory issues in my proposal, and it seems that what I thought was too simple, people with eternal consciousness must be separated from normal people, and they must be fundamentally limited by physical laws at the bottom, otherwise they will dig a hole for the future of mankind."

In the current situation, the population of human beings will become more and more, if the immortality of the human body cannot be realized for a long time, then there will be people who will die of old age, and at that time, there will be more and more people with eternal consciousness, and there will be more and more people with eternal consciousness without restrictions.

Once the zero threshold is reached, these people with eternal consciousness will make various demands to compete with normal people for living space in the real world.

At this time, a cosmic battle is bound to occur between people with eternal consciousness and normal people.

It is conceivable that the probability of victory in the end is the person who has a long consciousness.

At this time, everyone in the free space was also discussing with the people next to them, and anyone who listened to it could tell that either they were discussing whether there was a technology to make human consciousness perpetuate, or they were discussing the impact that people with eternal consciousness would have on human civilization.

Fan Xiaoming listened to it, looked at Su Zhe and Zuo Dajun and said: "In terms of the attitude of being responsible for our human civilization, we must take it seriously, and we must consider the consequences, today's decision has affected the future of our human civilization, human civilization has developed from the hands of normal human beings, I don't want normal human beings like us to be just passers-by in human civilization, only existing in the history of human civilization, this is what I don't want to see, so whether it is a modified person, or a superhuman and so on, We all have to limit, especially those who are always conscious."

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