Unit 1: Immortality 2.0 (1èreG1_gr2)

 Science or Fantasy ?

Uploading the mind.

The document under study is an article extracted from Dazed magazine, published in 2023. It deals with digitally assisted eternal life. The method mentioned in this article to achieve eternal life is mind uploading. It consists in making someone’s mind digital make it immortal in a way. Therefore, all the memories, the personality and emotions of a person would be transformed into data uploaded to a computer. The benefits are that if something happens to your physical body, your memories would be saved. Moreover, it would be possible to choose another avatar as our mind may not be able to sustain without one. Nevertheless, we do not know if our mind is capable of adapting to a new shell. Besides, it is not necessary to create a perfect copy of our brain as just being able to make it function properly is enough. To conclude, it sounds like a fascinating project because it highlights the idea that someday we could transcend human physical limits.

Homework: Learn the lesson.