The Melbourne Herald Sun wrote:
DEATH could become a thing of the past in less than 50 years as computers learn to download the contents of a brain on to a supercomputer, according to a leading British futurologist.
Among other eyebrow-raising predictions by Ian Pearson, head of the futurology unit at British telecommunications giant BT, is the prospect of computer systems being able to feel emotions.
This could eventually involve such things as planes being programmed to be even more terrified of crashing than their passengers, meaning they would do whatever possible to stay airborne.
Is the Herald Sun considered a serious newspaper? I note that it bills itself as "Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper," but I think the National Enquirer makes an equivalent claim here in the States.
More to the point, what do they do with your brain once it's been downloaded into a computer? Do you get to spend eternity playing solitaire in your mind's eye until you get unplugged?