Another source you might wish to consult is the book, The Physics of
Immortality by Frank J. Tipler. His ending thesis is not unlike the theories
you propose here.
--
Brian
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"Arthur T. Murray" <uj797 at victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
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>matt at advancedatatools.com (Matt Lesko) wrote on 24 Jun 2002:
> >Hello, I have been searching for information trained neural networks
> >that 'relive' their early memories while 'dying' (that is, certain
> >connections being severed). This comes from an experiment done by S.
> >L. Thaler, and is referenced in Scientific American, May 1993 by
> >Phillip Yam ("Daisy, Daisy: Do Computers Have Near-Death
> >Experiences?").
>>http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/rejuve.html avoids neural-net death.
> >
> >I would dearly like to see the original article, or better yet, any
> >sort of evidence, for or against, this activity. Putting Thaler's name
> >into google gives little help, not only has he apparently passed away
> >(although contradicted by another site), most of the links go to the
> >rather outlandish Imagination Engines Inc.
> >
> >After doing a good bit of research, the only other lead sI have for
> >this subject is a paper by Thaler in 'Neural Networks' Vol 8, No 1
> >(1995) pgs 55-65 titled: "Virtual Input" Phenomena Within the Death of
> >a Simple Pattern Associator. Unfortunately, the college library that I
> >access to does not stock that particular journal. A post in
> >comp.ai.neural-nets from 1994 mentions "4-2-4 Encoder Death, S.L.
> >Thaler in 1993 World Congress on NN, Portland,
> >Oregon, July 11-15, p. 180-183." but I can't find where I would be
> >able to find this (online or in real-life).
> >
> >Anyone have any other information they could provide me with? I
> >expected to find at least one bit of follow-up research to Thaler's
> >initial work. More research could certainly make a bit of interesting
> >paper, or at least something to talk about with your friends when
> >really high ;)
> >
> >TIA for any help. -- Matt Lesko
