Liminal Space
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Science MemesHurry up, make ads for that thing.
This is sick! The potential for basic research seems amazing to me. I think a system like this could be great for understanding some of the fundamentals of signalling in the brain.
I have no mouth and I must scream.
I'm sure they can work out a mouth next
More qualified for the White House than anyone working there today.
Hey now, don't be rude. There are still some really good groundskeepers working there.
Unless you go for Cartesian dualist theories about immaterial souls, consciousness of the sort we experience is an artefact of the structure of our brains and nervous systems, which are large in scale and complex. A small blob of human-derived brain tissue is not going to have consciousness, let alone self-awareness and a sense of horror at its predicament, any more than a 555 timer is capable of playing DOOM by virtue of being made of silicon.
If you were to think of each of us as a bank of servers, that would be the equivalence of a nightlight with a light sensor
Haha my first thought was "I wonder if it's possible to build a general purpose CPU out of 555 timers, then get DOOM running on that sucker."
Of course, someone has already taken the first steps towards such a monstrosity.
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/17/implementing-a-cpu-using-555-timers-and-logic-synthesis/
If you follow an integrated information theory derivation, consciousness is emergent from integrating and partitioning information, and with no immaterial soul the possible capability of awareness remains, even if not directly comparable to our own.
Give that brain some morphine as a treat to be on the safe side, most brains find that one relaxing.
Everybody wants science to cure cancer, but the moment someone does foundational research they lose their fuckin minds.
Guys, the alternative is cutting up mice and pigs.
Yeah, this is pretty far below the level of a mouse even, typically
Iam not sspecifically talking about this example and I am not trying to imply this tissue has any sort of consciousness but if "foundational research" means "man made horrors beyond my comprehension" maybe we need to find another way, and if we cannot, maybe we just shouldn't torture conscious beings in the name of science and progress.
this has nothing to do with cancer. when will you people realize? Do you not question why Epstein was funneling billions of dollars into various scientific organizations intent on researching neuroscience?
Or maybe you are already one of the golems.
All I want science to cure is billionaires, we'll take it from there. Concentrations of wealth that enable making brains grow eyes are a bug, not feature. Ever read "Whitey's on the Moon"?
ah great, man-made horrors beyond my comprehension.
I have no mouth and I must scream, 4k remake
This is how I feel on Sundays.
Me most mornings.
Something something man-made horrors something something beyond my comprehension.
This can't possibly go wrong.
If we're lucky, in billions of years this one will decide NOT to create "AI".
Am scientist.
Dear science, please stop.
Just...
Don't.
I'm really curious, has anyone here not seen this image before? Not playing internet gatekeeper, I'm curious about Lemmy demographics. This image was everywhere like 5-7 years ago.
Maybe you overestimate the popularity of the places you frequented? Or maybe people's memory simply isn't that good
I've not seen it before. But then.... I don't keep up with either science or memes. So it has to break containment or just be a lucky moment when I'm chuckle-scrolling at the right time and place.
Obligatory XKCD lucky 10000 link...
I've been hungover too, so what
How are they growing human brain blobs?
In the past few years, it has become possible to encourage stem cells – versatile cells similar to those found in embryos – to grow into spherical masses of brain tissue up to three millimetres wide, known as brain organoids.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287207-tiny-human-brain-grown-in-lab-has-eye-like-structures-that-see-light/
Cool. Thanks
Adding to this, you can induce blood cells to become stem cells, so that’s often how those are created
Every time certain segments of society speak it causes small potions of the audience's brains to drip out of their ears. These bits are scraped up off the floor and, after mixing well with some tapioca, come to plausibly resemble the mental functions of the person last heard speaking.
The MAGA effect.
Reading Harlan Ellison and thinking "i could make a mouthless screamer"
Nah, I want to give it a little mouth; the little squeaking screams are cute
Fuzzy wuzzy little misery squishy
This is crossing a line. Kind of evil and creepy.
