Episode 39 - Memory, Digital Souls, and Trumping Science with God

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Mike McHargue

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🗓️ 12 October 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: What happens to someone’s soul if their consciousness it transferred to a computer? How do I coexist with friends from my LDS past? How does human memory work? Why should science apply to God? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. What happens to someone’s soul if their consciousness it transferred to a computer? Artificial neural network We’ve Put a Worm’s Mind in a Lego Robot's Body How do I coexist with friends from my LDS past? Tips on Setting Boundaries in Enmeshed Relationships How does human memory work? The Science of How Memory Works Why Smart People Are Stupid 7 tips to improve your memory Why should science apply to God? How Scientists Can Believe in God Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. Preproduction work is handled by Haley Hyde. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Memory, Digital Souls, and Trumping Science with God.
0:04.0	All that and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike.
0:08.0	You've got questions, he's got answers,
0:12.0	even though we may not understand.
0:14.0	I'm talking anyway.
0:15.0	We have problems.
0:16.0	He won't solve them.
0:18.0	But I'm talking talking talking
0:20.0	till the flu is the face.
0:22.0	Science, faith faith in life.
0:24.0	Ask Science Mike.
0:26.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly Podcast where I answer your questions about
0:34.8	science, faith, and life. In just a few weeks I'm going to be in Denver with
0:39.6	St Andrews United Methodist Church for their Sunday morning service at 10-20 and then a little
0:44.8	Q&A in the afternoon at a pub that's going to be a lot of fun.
0:48.9	There's more stuff on my events page but we've got a podcast to do, so let's get it started.
0:53.3	Hi Mike, this week I read an article about a woman named Kim Suwazi, who after learning of a terminal cancer diagnosis decided to have her brain cryonically preserved upon her death at age 23.
1:10.0	I know it's not realistic to think that we could possibly revive her brain or even
1:15.7	upload it to a computer in the near future but hundreds or even thousands of
1:19.6	years from now I think it's completely realistic. This raises a bunch of questions for me about the
1:24.3	afterlife. If she's gone and she is either seizing to exist or in heaven or hell and then she
1:30.9	is somehow brought back.
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