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Some simply become “senescent”—useless, but alive enough that they aren’t scooped up and removed as dead. They serve no other purpose except to cause trouble, a little like the zombies of The Walking Dead. And over time, they accumulate. Unlike cells that kill themselves, senescent cells can lead to cancer, which is one theory that explains why cancer increases with age. And if they don’t cause cancer, then their misfiring DNA can produce proteins and enzymes the body doesn’t need or want: loose cannons that begin ransacking the body’s good cells, burdening an already battered body as it ages. In the end, hearing and eyes falter, major organs—including the brain—fail, strength diminishes, the heart stops, and we die.
Immortality, Inc.
Chip Walter
12. Fredkin's Paradox:
The more similar two choices seem, the less the decision should matter, yet the harder it is to choose between them. As a result, we often spend the most time on the decisions that matter least.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
If you do accept the leap of faith that a nonbiological entity that is convincing in its reactions to qualia is actually conscious, then consider what that implies: namely that consciousness is an emergent property of the overall pattern of an entity, not the substrate it runs on.
How to Create a Mind
Ray Kurzweil
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