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Stephen Hawking: Brains Could Be Copied To Computers To Allow Life After Death
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:53
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Could your brain keep on living even after your body dies? Sounds like science fiction, but celebrated theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking recently suggested that technology could make it possible.
“I think the brain is like a program in the mind, which is like a computer,” Hawking said last week during an appearance at the Cambridge Film Festival, The Telegraph reported. “So it’s theoretically possible to copy the brain on to a computer and so provide a form of life after death.”
He acknowledged that such a feat lies “beyond our present capabilities,” adding that “the conventional afterlife is a fairy tale for people afraid of the dark.”
Stephen Hawking speaking at an event in Washington, D.C. in 2008. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) | Getty
A “copy” is not the original. Therefore, no matter how exact a copy one makes of a mind, the original mind is still dead.
Marika, I think Steven’s mind has been dead a long time.
Wager Hawking that you will not see Jesus Christ until you have the opportunity to kneel before HIM on that day. What an asinine thing to say.