Re: [DIYbio] Fwd: [tt] Geneticists Discover a Way to Extend Lifespans to 800 Years

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Cathal Garvey
<cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
> One could probably learn memory-redundancy techniques to reinforce the
> memories that one wishes to last 800 years, but that's not really how
> memory works. Over time, the associative links that make memory
> remarkable would wear out as connecting neurons die, leaving isolated
> memory-islands retained by practice and meditation, without any triggers
> or contexts to make them relevant or even 'authentic'.
>
> So, without exogenous technology to account for this (brain:computer
> interfaces to provide a long-term memory bulwark), I'm not convinced
> genetics or drugs can provide a genuine immortal, merely a regenerative
> shell whose identity and sense of self resets every century or so.

That doesn't really sound bad, as long as it wasn't like amnesia.

Maybe the neuron could regenerate when the associated memory was
'forgotten'... how to shift memories from one location to another
without is a good question though.

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