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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby Ludi » Thu 09 Dec 2010, 16:13:51

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', '
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That's quite a claim! :lol:
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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby ian807 » Thu 09 Dec 2010, 19:21:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', '
')Moreover, with sufficiently advanced computing equipment, virtualization of consciousness is possible


That's quite a claim! :lol:

Not really. We're already at the point of simulating neurons-actual physiological ones, not ideal ones.
[url](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_ ... er=5388638[/url]). The issue is one of scale as much as anything else. Humans simply have more neurons running in parallel. Consciousness is already hosted in wet gloopy neurons commonly called brains. What would prevent it from being hosted in simulated neurons constructed along the same lines?

I'm guessing (perhaps incorrectly) that you're thinking along the lines of a metaphysical component like a soul, nephesh or jivatman or some such that can't be reproduced in a computer (and why not?). While interesting, such concepts are unprovable as such.
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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby Novus » Thu 09 Dec 2010, 19:35:55

Edward Leedskalnin could move such a stone all by himself with his magnetic machine which itself could be built with ancient technology.

Also the ancients knew of sacred geometry. With sacred geometry it is possible to solve cosmic mysteries modern science cannot. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle can be solved with sacred geometry. The ancients had a unified theory of physics that worked in 3 dimensions. Levitation of large stones would have been a basic application of this knowledge.
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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby ian807 » Thu 09 Dec 2010, 21:36:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'E')dward Leedskalnin could move such a stone all by himself with his magnetic machine which itself could be built with ancient technology.

Well, let me know when they go into mass production and do something useful.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'A')lso the ancients knew of sacred geometry. With sacred geometry it is possible to solve cosmic mysteries modern science cannot. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle can be solved with sacred geometry. The ancients had a unified theory of physics that worked in 3 dimensions. Levitation of large stones would have been a basic application of this knowledge.

Yeah, let me know when I can buy one at Northern Tool.
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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby dinopello » Fri 28 Sep 2012, 14:23:42

Not exactly monumental in size, but pretty cool.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Researchers: Buddhist statue found by Nazis made from meteorite

BERLIN — An ancient Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet shortly before World War II was carved from a meteorite that crashed on Earth thousands of years ago.

What sounds like an Indiana Jones movie plot appears to have actually taken place, according to European researchers publishing in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science this month.

The Nazis were probably attracted to it by a left-facing swastika symbol on its front. The swastika has been used by various cultures throughout the ages, but the Nazis tried to appropriate it as the symbol of their ideology, going so far as to put a right-facing version of it on their red and white flag.


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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby vision-master » Fri 28 Sep 2012, 15:47:29

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Re: Monument of Humanity

Unread postby careinke » Fri 28 Sep 2012, 18:17:18

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