The finitude of a human lifespan in contrast to the enormity of what I still must learn can at times feel overwhelming. This is why when I was a child and would imagine being granted three magical wishes, the first wish was always for omniscience. Of course one could argue that physical architecture of the human brain is incongruent with this aspiration, which is why I have pondered at great length the utility of distributed neural networks, which both eliminates the finitude of human mortality as well as the structural limitations of the brain. Succinctly stated, a distributed neural network is like a computer network wherein memory storage, and retrieval, data processing and assimilation are shared across a number of networked minds. I have imagined that nanotechnology could facilitate this, wherein human consciousness resides within molecular sides nanobots communicating at light-speed, drifting through space. Of course solar flares, interstellar debris, and cosmic radiation mitigates the viability of sustained functionality for any form of technology in the harsh vacuum of space. Alternatively, this could perhaps be achieved via another form of non-corporeal consciousness existing in something akin to what Michio Kaku refers to as higher dimensional space. Passage to the six higher dimensions reconciles most of my problems related to both knowing, mortality, and the finitude of both. Of course I dont have any hand means of arriving at such a place. Nor are we capable of ascertaining what consciousness means outside of the bounds of corporeality in any absolute sense. Of course African cultures have offered a number of compelling theses regarding the essence of the human being. Both the Yoruba beliefs about Ori, or the Bantu conceptualizations of moyo, to say nothing of the Kemtic or Akan notions. These ideas suggest that the human essence exists beyond its corporeal expressions. In fact, the Yoruba ontology of human nature suggests that the human form (physiology) and function (destiny or life course) is inextricably linked to the essence. Within these contexts, corporeality is not a fetter, a constraint, but rather a vital stage in the journey of the individual, the journey of the clan (the extended family), the journey of ones people, the arc of life on Earth itself, and the evolution of the cosmos. Lastly, if youre still reading this and know what Im talking about, this is a small example of the type of quandary that I usually contemplate concurrent with other (generally more terrestrial) matters.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 22:00:24 +0000
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