Notre société tend souvent à l’oublier, mais nous ne sommes pas seulement des êtres compétitifs. Au-delà de nos conditionnements sociétaux, il existe une caractéristique propre au vivant dont nous disposons aussi : l’empathie. Qu’est-ce qui fait de l’humain un être social, capable de se projeter en l’autre, de ressentir ce que l’autre ressent ? Pourquoi sentons-nous le besoin de nous […]
Would you freeze your brain for the chance to live again?
One company claims that by 2045, it will be able to resurrect the dead.
Entrepreneur Josh Bocanegra is the head of Humai, an artificial intelligence company that is aiming to “extend and enhance life” by freezing human brains for extended periods of time using cryonics.
But Bocanegra’s ultimate goal is to freeze someone’s brain before they die. It’s a lofty goal for a high school drop-out who once set up a dating company that allows singles to share a room for a week.
Our understanding of the human brain has long been hampered by our inability to observe its activity in detail, but now scientists have developed advanced imaging techniques that could unlock our understanding of brain behaviour
