AMAZING HOW MOST OF THE SCIENTIFIC FILMS AND BOOKS ABOUT TRANSFERING MEMORIES FROM ONE HUMAN INTO A YOUNGER PERSON OR A REPLACEMENT BODY, EITHER HUMAN OR SYNTHETIC, MISS THE MOST OBVIOUS DRAWBACK, WHICH IS THAT AS THE BODIES AGE, SO DO THE MEMORIES.
THEY LOSE THEIR SHARPNESS AND BECOME INDISTINCT; IT’S NATURE’S WAY OF MAKING AGING EASIER. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF TRANSFERRING AN INDISTINCT MEMORY?
BUT THE POD OVERCOMES THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS FITTED TO HUMANS FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARE BORN. IT IS MICROSCOPIC IN SIZE AND COPIES THE SIGNALS TRANSMITTED TO THE BRAIN INTO A CLOUD SYSTEM. MOST OF US, EVEN PEOPLE WITH A GOOD MEMORY, WILL FIND THAT THEY DETERIORATE OVER TIME. THE SHARPNESS WE EXPERIENCE FROM EMOTIONS WHEN WE COME INTO THIS WORLD IS INTENSE. EVERY SMELL, TOUCH, SOUND, SIGHT, EXPERIENCE, GOES ONTO A BLANK CANVAS. THE POD COPIES AND RETAINS ALL THOSE MOMENTS.
SO WHEN YOUR LIFE ENDS, YOU HAVE EVERY MEMORY YOU HAVE EVER MADE. BUT WHERE DO YOU PUT THOSE MEMORIES? PERHAPS BY THE TIME THE POD IS DEVELOPED, THAT QUESTION WILL BE RESOLVED.
BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO USE SOMETHING SO BIZARRE?
I HAVE STARTED TO CONSIDER IF THOSE ELECTRICAL SURGES THAT CARRY ALL THOSE EMOTIONS GO SOMEWHERE THAT IS BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING INTO SOMETHING THAT STORES THEM FOR ETERNITY, AND NOTHING IS LOST.
WONDER IF A COLLECTION OF STORED MEMORIES IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A SOUL.
HOPE THERE IS AN ALDI THERE SO I CAN GET MY FIX OF A BOTTLE OF JAMMIE RED AT £5..99