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Right now, we are inventing
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all these different technologies,
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with which we could
actually make ourselves
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superhumans with super intelligence.
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The potentials are quite extreme.
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You could eventually
have printable noses,
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ears, lungs, kidneys.
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The big question is immortality.
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Dying, is it something we have to do?
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I'm convinced that the engineers at MIT
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are looking back into the
ancient examples of the gods.
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You've got to wonder,
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are extraterrestrials
somehow guiding us,
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and manipulating us
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into this new future, and this new human
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that we are destined to be?
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Since the dawn of civilization,
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mankind has credited its origins to gods
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and other visitors from the stars.
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What if it were true?
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Did extraterrestrial beings
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really help to shape our history?
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And if so, might their ultimate
plan be revealed...
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with the rise of the Next Humans?
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# Ancient Aliens 11x03 #
The Next Humans
Original Air Date on May 20, 2016
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Mountain View, California.
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August, 1962.
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At NASA's Ames Research Center,
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the newly formed Division of
Biotechnology and Human Research
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begins a study on the
possibility of exploring space
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with technologically-enhanced humans,
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otherwise known as cyborgs.
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Ten months later, they release a report
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called "The Cyborg Study:
Engineering Man for Space."
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In it, they propose that
astronauts will require
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artificial organs and pharmaceuticals
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to survive in the harshest
environments of deep space...
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...as we explore
beyond our solar system.
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While the program was quickly abandoned
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due to the lack of available technology,
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it helped usher in a new era
of scientific research focused
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on augmenting the human species
into a new stage of evolution:
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the Transhuman.
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Transhumanism is the use
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of technology by humans,
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to enhance the physical, psychological,
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and most of all,
intellectual capabilities.
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We transhumanists want to use
science and technology
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to self-direct our evolution.
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There are lots of transhumanists now
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that don't even consider
themselves transhuman--
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for example, people who have pacemakers,
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or cochlear implants,
or hip replacements.
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These are technologies that we're using,
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and that is beyond human.
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The idea of their being a transhuman
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is actually a very old notion,
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and it stems from our longing
for immortality.
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so there were attempts
to extend human life.
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Transhumanism has been
thought of for a very long time,
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throughout mythology.
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From Gilgamesh's search for immortality,
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to alchemy...
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...to the search
for the fountain of life.
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Really, the quest to overcome
what it means to be human,
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to see if we can live forever,
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that has been the quest
for a very long time.
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Although the notion of modifying
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the body with technology
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has been around for thousands of years,
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transhumanists say the 21st century
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will radically change
what it means to be a human...
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...when we begin to genetically engineer
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an entirely new generation of humans.
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April 22, 2015.
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Guangzhou, China.
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Geneticists
at the Sun Yat-Sen University
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make history
as the first team in the world
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to genetically modify a human embryo.
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Using a gene editing technique
known as CRISPR-Cas9,
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the scientists were able
to correct the gene defect
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that causes beta-thalassemia,
a blood disease,
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by snipping out and replacing
portions of the DNA
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in the fertilized egg.
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By using a new technology called CRISPR,
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scientists are able to actually
cut into the DNA
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and replace parts of the DNA
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with genetically-modified proteins.
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This allows us to literally
transform who we are.
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When we look at DNA changing,
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it can be used
not just to overcome problems,
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but to improve your looks, maybe
change the color or your hair,
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or your eyes, or perhaps
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even more importantly,
change your intellectual
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or physical abilities.
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Will the modification of human embryos
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soon lead to a wave
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of what futurists call
"designer babies,"
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children whose physical features
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and mental capabilities
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were selected by their parents.
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Many believe that not only
is this a possibility,
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but that the very definition
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of a parent may soon change as well.
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The UK is on its way to becoming
the first country
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to legalize the creation of babies
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from three different people.
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And a large majority
of the House of Commons
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voted in favor of the controversial
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"Three Parent In Vitro
Fertilization," or TPIVF.
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The British government
officially declared it legal,
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so actual children have been born
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that have DNA
from three different parents.
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I think it is quite possible,
in the future,
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that it won't be just two
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or three parents that the child has,
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but could be any number.
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That sounds like science fiction,
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but it's actually something
the Japanese scientists
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are working on right now.
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And what that would entail
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is using an artificial womb.
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Actually gestating the child
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within that artificial womb.
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Now, you can imagine,
if we can get to this stage,
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it doesn't matter
who... who the parents are.
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You could have a community
of people with the best genes
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contributing to making that child.
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And that is really the future
that is in front of us.
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Is it possible
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we could synthetically create
human beings,
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picking and choosing genetic traits
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from any number of donors?
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Could the characteristics of a person
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soon be limited only
by our imaginations?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
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and suggest an even more
incredible possibility:
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that we are not the first to do this.
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Luxor, Egypt.
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Here in the Deir el-Bahari
mortuary temple
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lies the burial chamber of Hatshepsut,
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one of the only queens
to ever become a pharaoh.
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And on the frescoed walls
of this tomb is a scene
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portraying Hatshepsut's conception
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at the hands of divine beings.
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On the walls of Queen
Hatshepsut's mortuary temple,
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it says... that... a long time ago...
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...God Amon came to Hatshepsut's mother,
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Ahmose, in her sleep,
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and with the power of God Anum,
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and with the key of ankh in his hand,
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he created baby Hatshepsut.
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He uses the ankh...
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...that key-shaped tool,
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to give life, to create a human.
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Any device that can give life
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upon something would have
to appear as magical...
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...so you have to wonder
who were these gods
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that they were talking about?
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What we have in this story
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is actually the immaculate conception of
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Hatshepsut, and it is clear
that this is the story
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of an extraterrestrial
intervention in the creation
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of a star child, Hatshepsut.
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So, we appear to be dealing
with some sort of a technology,
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a DNA-based technology
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that can manifest human
bodies or alter human DNA.
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Could Hatshepsut have
been genetically engineered
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by otherworldly beings?
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And is it possible that
humans are just now starting
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to unlock the incredible
potential hidden within us
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by our extraterrestrial creators,
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as ancient astronaut theorists propose?
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Perhaps further clues can
be found in our own attempts,
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not in creating life,
but in reversing death.
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State College, Pennsylvania.
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October 15, 2015.
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Dr. Gong Chen and a team of biologists
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from the Life Sciences Department
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at Penn State University
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reveal research on
a cocktail of specialized drugs
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designed to convert
non-neuronal cells in the brain,
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called glial cells, into neurons.
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90% of our brain is made up
of what's called glial cells.
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These cells are just a support mechanism
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for the neurons themselves.
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What we can do at the moment
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is to take glial cells from the brain
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and to use different
chemicals, essentially,
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to alter the functioning
of the glial cells.
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Chemicals will cause them
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to become fresh neurons.
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Gong Chen's belief
for this research is that
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things like severe brain trauma,
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Parkinson's disease,
and Alzheimer's could actually
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be effectively transformed and healed.
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Could degenerative brain disorders
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like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
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be cured by a simple chemical injection?
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And if so, could we eventually
rid the brain
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of neurological diseases entirely?
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Transhumanists believe
the therapeutic uses
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for this incredible discovery
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are only a small part
of the bigger picture.
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In the future, we could
see using that technology
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to increase our intelligence
to a, to a superhuman state.
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Now imagine, because the brain
is only ten percent neurons,
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imagine if we could
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increase the brain's capacity to 35%.
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That could change everything.
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I mean, we could become
a super intelligent species.
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Could you, in fact,
advance the human IQ,
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perhaps to such a degree
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that you might have
people walking around now
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with a 1,000 IQ?
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Could Dr. Chen's research
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lead us to an exponential
increase of the human intellect?
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And if so, will we seem like primates
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to the people of tomorrow?
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Transhumanists suggest that if
we can create new brain cells,
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we could potentially reproduce
all of the body's cells,
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which would have profound implications.
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The big question is immortality.
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Dying, is it something we have to do?
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Cells die away, but if we can
start replacing the cells,
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and if we can replace brain cells
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and keep the functioning
of the brain going,
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then it does, potentially,
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really extend life, in theory, forever.
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Some people, like Ray Kurzweil,
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have suggested by 2045
we'll be able to do that.
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Ray Kurzweil
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is Google's Director of Engineering,
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a transhumanist, prolific
author and inventor.
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He believes, in the near future,
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humans will be able to extend
their lives indefinitely.
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To reach that point, he maintains
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a daily diet of over 100
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different body and mind enhancing pills,
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called nootropics.
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Nootropics are essentially
drugs of one kind or another,
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chemicals if you like,
that can change the way
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most of the body functions,
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but particularly how
the brain functions.
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Choline, for example,
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helps with memory, and so,
people are using
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these nootropics
to enhance their memory,
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to have better recall,
to have better focus.
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You're starting to see
nootropics pop up everywhere,
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especially in Silicon Valley.
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In the future, the idea
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of enhancing the cognitive
ability in the human being
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is going to be sort of commonplace.
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Kurzweil and others predict
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nootropics will become a new
multi-billion dollar industry
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as people turn to supplements
to enhance their bodies
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and prolong their lives.
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But ancient astronaut
theorists believe that,
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like genetic manipulation,
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evidence of nootropic use can
be found thousands of years ago.
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Dating back to the fifth century BC,
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the Hindu Sanskrit epic
known as The Mahabharata,
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tells the story of Samudra Manthana,
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a celestial battle between the gods
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for a rare substance
that grants immortality.
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The "Samudra Manthana" means
the "churning of the ocean."
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And in this case,
the ocean is visualized
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as a cosmic sea of milk.
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It is, in essence, the Milky Way itself.
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There were two primary forces
at odds in the universe.
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There were the Asuras...
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and they were at odds
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with a new order of gods-- the Devas.
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The gods went to Lord Vishnu
and Vishnu said,
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why don't you try
to cooperate with them?
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At the very depths of the ocean,
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there is a substance called Amrita,
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a divine nectar of immortality.
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Churn the cosmic ocean of milk,
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and it will yield forth
the nectar of immortality,
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and you can share it.
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The gods and the demons start churning,
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in the heavens, the Milky Way,
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and what is produced
by this is an elixir,
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an elixir that can grant immortality.
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Well, there was a terrible war now,
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because everyone wanted this.
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In order to win the battle for the gods,
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they decide they need this amrita,
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this elixir of life.
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So you have to wonder if this
story isn't about some kind of
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extraterrestrial war in heaven,
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where aliens are fighting
over nootropics.
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Could the story of the Samudra Manthana
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be an ancient account
of a celestial battle
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over a highly advanced nootropic?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
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and point to legends
of immortality elixirs
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throughout antiquity.
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The ancients had many stories
of immortality--
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that it was touchable or reachable.
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The Chinese had
the peaches of immortality.
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The Greeks had ambrosia.
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The Mesopotamians
had the idea of "soma."
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In the Biblical tradition,
there is the tree of life.
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There is something that you
can ingest and gain immortality.
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This quest has been going on
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for thousands of years,
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around the world,
by many different cultures.
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This quest for these smart drugs,
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that will enhance our lifestyle
and our mental clarity.
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So you have to wonder,
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was this nootropic drug
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some kind of extraterrestrial elixir
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that was well-known in ancient times?
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Could ancient accounts
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of elixirs of immortality
really be descriptions
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of extraterrestrial nootropics?
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And might it soon be possible
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to unlock our full human potential
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simply with the right potion or pill,
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perhaps fulfilling a destiny
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to become like our alien ancestors?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
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and suggest molecular chemistry
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is only the beginning
of the human upgrade.
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Nano-machines could actually
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heal the wounds in our bodies.
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The possibility
of reversing human aging,
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is not a very big stretch.
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November 17, 2015.
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A team of researchers
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from North Carolina State
University, and Rice University,
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unveil the first motor-driven,
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submersible nanomachines ever created.
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Molecular nano-technology is the idea
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of building devices, machines,
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at a molecular scale.
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"Nano" refers to a billionth of a meter,
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so, very, very small.
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We're getting down to atomic scale.
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Measuring only 244 atoms across,
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these miniature robots are designed
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to deliver specialized medicines
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throughout the body,
using the bloodstream.
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Scientists have created biobots
that are the first of its kind.
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These tiny little bio hybrids
and bots are capable
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of tying to viscous material
through our bodies.
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They take submersible nanomachines
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that can be controlled with UV light,
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and using the UV light, they can control
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where these nanomachines take nutrients
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and take medicines into the body.
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As long as we have a way
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of controlling them from the outside,
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they can move around very, very quickly,
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perform a function-- i-if we're looking
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at operating on a cancer,
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then, potentially, they could do
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that operation for you, from within.
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This could lead to huge advances
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in medicine, in healing,
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leading to nanomachines
that could actually
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heal the wounds in our bodies,
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close things up much faster,
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repair damaged tissue,
extend our lifespan,
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and literally bring us into
a new level of human evolution.
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Transhumanists believe
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our bodies will soon be home
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to swarms of nanomachines,
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that will both heal,
and also warn of disease.
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And some propose
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this technology is advancing so rapidly
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that it will not just be
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future generations that will live tens
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or even hundreds of years longer,
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but people who are alive today.
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The possibility
of reversing human aging,
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as opposed to just slowing it down,
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is not a very big stretch.
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So if you understand aging
and the fundamentals
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of the processes that are leading to it,
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it would be quite possible,
both to slow it,
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and it would also be
possible to reverse it.
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An example of this is a study
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that has gone on at Harvard,
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by reversing the muscle tissue in mice.
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We have actually reversed
the age in these mice.
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And so, if we can do that
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in the laboratory setting,
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it's only a matter of time
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before we're able to reverse
our own aging process.
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Could millions of microscopic robots
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soon be swimming in our bloodstreams,
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augmenting our immune system,
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and even reversing the aging
process entirely,
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as transhumanists believe?
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Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
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that if such
a transformation does occur,
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it may be a sign that we're evolving
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to become more like our alien ancestors.
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As evidence, they point
to the Sumerian King List,
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a series of stone tablets
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that are believed to be
over 4,000 years old,
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and record the reigns
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of ancient Mesopotamian kings
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that ruled for upwards of 43,000 years.
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The Sumerian Kings List
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was handed down to humanity by the gods.
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What's extraordinary is that
the reigns of these kings
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last into the thousands of years.
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These people weren't making allegorical
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or metaphorical statements,
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these were accurate historical records.
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Ancient texts,
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including the Bible
and the Sumerian texts,
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talk about ancient kings
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and other people living
incredibly long life spans.
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Methuselah, who was supposedly
the father of Noah,
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was said to have lived for 969 years.
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When we look into the past,
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there's a clear record
of people who have lived
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a much longer life span
than what we have today.
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We have to wonder if
these beings weren't given
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or had access to
some type of nanotechnology.
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And it fuels the idea and understanding,
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and our drive today,
to be like the gods.
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And this important nanotechnology
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is something that extraterrestrials
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and other advanced civilizations
would already have.
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And it would only make sense that,
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if extraterrestrials
are coming to our planet,
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they would have brought
this nanotechnology with them.
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Might our research
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into nanotechnology, nootropics
and genetic engineering
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ascend us to the level
of extraterrestrials
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that came to Earth
thousands of years ago,
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as ancient astronaut theorists suggest?
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Perhaps further clues can be found
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by examining the technology
that is being developed
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to upgrade not just our blood,
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but even our flesh.
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We can use the power of
our thoughts to control
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avatar robots.
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The engineers at MIT are looking back
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into the ancient examples of the gods.
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New York City.
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May 4, 2015.
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At TechCrunch Disrupt New York,
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an annual new technologies conference,
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U.S. biotech startup BioBots
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launches a desktop 3D printer
for biomaterials...
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...which they use to print
a replica of Van Gogh's ear.
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Instead of plastic,
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special ink is combined
with biomaterials--
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like collagen and cultured cells--
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to build living tissue and human organs.
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So, right now,
we're just at the beginning
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of understanding how to 3D-print organs.
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It's a process called "biofabrication."
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So BioBots has created
a biofabrication 3D printer
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that can print artificial tissue
and small organs.
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In the future, what we're going to see
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are 3D printers that are
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bio-fabricating our
bodies and our organs.
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You could eventually have
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printable noses, lungs,
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ears, kidneys...
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and, in certain ways,
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this technology is so extreme
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that it could make it democratic.
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It could make it inexpensive.
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So in the hands of skilled,
trained medical professionals,
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it could be possible in the future
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to 3D print organs for people
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out of their own genetic material.
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Transhumanists believe
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we may soon transcend
our biological limitations,
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as we embed machines
directly into our own bodies.
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DARPA, the agency of
the U.S. Department of Defense
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responsible for the development
of emerging technologies
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for use by the military...
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is currently designing neural
implants that will improve
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cognitive speed and
memory retention in soldiers.
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And in 2014,
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scientists at Seoul National
University in South Korea
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unveiled research on
synthetic "smart skin"--
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lifelike ultra-thin crystalline silicon
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designed to cover prosthetic limbs,
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giving the user all of the
sensations of a natural limb.
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They have now developed a-a skin
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which has touch senses embedded in it
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with a very fine matrix,
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which can be put around a prosthetic.
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So you can actually feel
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what that arm is feeling
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or you can touch the floor,
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feel whether it's hot or cold,
or applying pressure.
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Future artificial limbs
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will look just like our skin,
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look just like our hands and our legs.
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It's going to affect the entire world.
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We're going to see people
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using smart prosthetics
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that are added to the body,
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that can be controlled
directly through the brain.
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And that really is
the future of prosthetics.
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I can speak from experience,
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because I've had one myself--
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our implants that link
either into the brain
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or into the human nervous system--
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and what I had was
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100 small electrodes...
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fired into my nervous system
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to link my nervous system
with a computer.
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It was a bit like plugging
a plug into an electric socket,
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but the socket was my nervous system.
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I went to Columbia University
in New York,
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we plugged my nervous system
into the Internet,
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and I controlled a robot hand
from my brain signals.
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You can extend your nervous system
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by simply plugging into it.
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If we can use
just the power of our thought
525
00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:49,280
to control artificial limbs...
526
00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:51,180
we can eventually, one day,
527
00:29:51,282 --> 00:29:55,282
use the power of our thoughts
to control avatar robots.
528
00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:01,023
I think we're going to see
that kind of technology
529
00:30:01,092 --> 00:30:03,492
used to control avatars on the Moon;
530
00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:06,034
we're going to see that kind of
technology to control
531
00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,457
robotic humanoid avatars on Mars.
532
00:30:13,171 --> 00:30:16,011
Could we one day
venture into the cosmos,
533
00:30:16,073 --> 00:30:18,043
not with our bodies,
534
00:30:18,142 --> 00:30:22,552
but by wirelessly controlling
robotic avatars?
535
00:30:22,613 --> 00:30:27,083
And is it possible
that extraterrestrials
536
00:30:27,185 --> 00:30:29,315
have utilized these same technologies
537
00:30:29,420 --> 00:30:32,220
to explore Earth in the distant past?
538
00:30:35,159 --> 00:30:38,229
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
539
00:30:38,329 --> 00:30:42,299
and point to technologies
currently in development at MIT
540
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,470
that strongly resemble
those in ancient accounts
541
00:30:45,536 --> 00:30:48,496
of gods who descended from the sky.
542
00:30:51,075 --> 00:30:53,775
At the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's
543
00:30:53,878 --> 00:30:56,208
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies,
544
00:30:56,314 --> 00:31:00,124
they are developing a new
smart skin for our soldiers
545
00:31:00,218 --> 00:31:03,248
that would make them resistant
to ballistic attack
546
00:31:03,354 --> 00:31:06,894
or chemical attack and also
would instantly self-repair.
547
00:31:08,426 --> 00:31:10,526
This is absolutely extraordinary,
548
00:31:10,595 --> 00:31:13,255
because in the ancient texts,
we learn of the gods
549
00:31:13,331 --> 00:31:16,531
who wore a similar skin that
seemed to make them impervious
550
00:31:16,601 --> 00:31:18,501
to any kind of human weaponry.
551
00:31:18,603 --> 00:31:20,703
They couldn't die.
552
00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,570
Now when I hear stories
553
00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:27,735
of semi-divine beings, such as Hercules,
554
00:31:27,845 --> 00:31:32,615
with his impenetrable lion skin,
555
00:31:32,683 --> 00:31:35,223
or in the Sanskrit Mahabharata,
556
00:31:35,319 --> 00:31:39,459
the story of Karna
and his impenetrable armor,
557
00:31:39,557 --> 00:31:41,357
I have to ask the question
558
00:31:41,425 --> 00:31:44,855
whether or not these were all
misunderstood technologies.
559
00:31:48,699 --> 00:31:51,099
Could the self-repairing skin
560
00:31:51,135 --> 00:31:53,235
being developed at MIT
561
00:31:53,304 --> 00:31:54,704
be the same technology
562
00:31:54,772 --> 00:31:57,272
our ancestors wrote about
563
00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,475
when they described divine
beings that were invincible?
564
00:32:02,313 --> 00:32:05,253
And are we on the verge
of this incredible biological
565
00:32:05,316 --> 00:32:08,646
and evolutionary leap ourselves?
566
00:32:08,753 --> 00:32:11,523
Some believe that mankind's next step
567
00:32:11,589 --> 00:32:14,289
is not in augmenting
our bodies with machines,
568
00:32:14,392 --> 00:32:18,232
but in becoming the machines ourselves.
569
00:32:21,032 --> 00:32:22,632
We can download every connection
570
00:32:22,733 --> 00:32:26,303
that we have in our brain
onto a computer.
571
00:32:26,404 --> 00:32:29,044
These are the kinds
of powers that would have been
572
00:32:29,140 --> 00:32:31,410
viewed as god-like at one previous time.
573
00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:39,189
Geneva, Switzerland.
574
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:43,228
2013.
575
00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:47,599
Henry Markram founds
the Human Brain Project--
576
00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:51,170
a ten-year scientific venture
funded by the EU,
577
00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:54,267
involving hundreds of researchers
578
00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:58,780
from 135 institutions in 26 countries.
579
00:32:58,878 --> 00:33:02,908
The goal of this project is to
create a fully simulated model
580
00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:07,222
of the human brain inside a computer.
581
00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,517
A lot of people are really
excited about the idea of:
582
00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,660
if we could map out the structure
583
00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,159
of the human brain,
584
00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:17,487
neuron for neuron, and every connection,
585
00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:19,796
then we can download every connection
586
00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:21,325
that we have in our brain,
587
00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:24,873
all that information, onto a computer.
588
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,010
The Human Brain Project is only
589
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:33,710
one of a number
of brain-mapping ventures.
590
00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:36,949
The next great American project,
and that's what we're calling
591
00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:38,546
the BRAIN Initiative.
592
00:33:38,651 --> 00:33:42,221
In 2013, President Barack Obama
593
00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:45,191
unveiled a $4.5 billion project
594
00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:47,691
called the BRAIN Initiative.
595
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:52,159
And Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
596
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:55,601
has invested over $500 million
597
00:33:55,668 --> 00:33:59,398
in the Allen Institute
for Brain Science.
598
00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:01,805
Futurists speculate that if
599
00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,637
these initiatives are successful,
600
00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,682
the implications could be profound.
601
00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:13,881
Imagine having every piece
602
00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:16,593
of knowledge that every human
has ever collected.
603
00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:20,718
And if you crunch that down
604
00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:23,359
into a digital consciousness...
605
00:34:23,462 --> 00:34:26,632
that's going to unlock everything.
606
00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:34,708
We can know things about the world
607
00:34:34,807 --> 00:34:36,467
and about life
608
00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:39,975
that no individuals have
ever previously known,
609
00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:44,649
because they're all from the aggregation
610
00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:47,820
of all of human knowledge
that's going together.
611
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:50,393
So these are the kinds of powers
that would have been
612
00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:54,059
viewed as god-like in previous eras.
613
00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:00,534
Could we be on the verge
614
00:35:00,633 --> 00:35:03,603
of creating a superhuman intelligence,
615
00:35:03,669 --> 00:35:06,669
able to outperform a human at any task?
616
00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:09,867
And if so,
617
00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:13,475
are we at risk of being replaced
by machines entirely?
618
00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:17,581
Transhumanists believe
619
00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:20,780
what lies ahead
could actually be a merging
620
00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:23,346
of man and machine.
621
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,960
If we can map
the human brain into technology,
622
00:35:32,064 --> 00:35:34,904
then I could take your brain
623
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,730
or somebody else's brain
624
00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:41,506
and copy it into a computer.
625
00:35:41,607 --> 00:35:45,977
A technological one that could
potentially live forever.
626
00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:51,821
What happens if we gain the ability
627
00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:55,317
to upload our consciousness
into some sort
628
00:35:55,421 --> 00:35:59,091
of cloud virtual Internet technology?
629
00:36:00,893 --> 00:36:05,803
It's not that far from the
spectrum of a realizable goal,
630
00:36:05,898 --> 00:36:09,728
because we're already seeing
neurological implants
631
00:36:09,802 --> 00:36:12,742
that can be put into the brain,
that can be used
632
00:36:12,805 --> 00:36:15,705
to control the movement
of an artificial arm.
633
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:20,076
What happens if those neural implants
634
00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:21,975
can actually take the true essence
635
00:36:22,081 --> 00:36:24,551
of what it means to be conscious,
636
00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:27,516
and break that down into
some sort of pure information
637
00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:31,419
that could live apart
from a biological substrate?
638
00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:35,791
It could make itself far more massive,
639
00:36:35,894 --> 00:36:37,164
far more intelligent,
640
00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:40,432
than any human ever had been before.
641
00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,067
Could extraterrestrials have
642
00:36:47,172 --> 00:36:50,112
steered our evolution
towards technology,
643
00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:54,805
so that we may merge man
directly with machine,
644
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,780
eliminating our biological restraints?
645
00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:02,891
And if so, might our futures
lie entirely
646
00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:07,618
in a digital realm of silicon
and bits of code?
647
00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:10,893
Many believe the answer lies
not in what we are becoming,
648
00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:14,033
but where we are going.
649
00:37:14,133 --> 00:37:18,973
It won't be long
before mankind has reached
650
00:37:19,071 --> 00:37:21,771
the point where we have
651
00:37:21,874 --> 00:37:24,114
the technology
and the artificial intelligence
652
00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:25,979
to leave our planet
653
00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:29,878
and go into space, just like
extraterrestrials before us.
654
00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:35,087
So you've got to wonder:
are extraterrestrials
655
00:37:35,154 --> 00:37:37,994
somehow guiding us and manipulating us
656
00:37:38,056 --> 00:37:40,486
into this new future,
657
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:44,232
and this new human,
that we are destined to be?
658
00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:50,873
Is it possible that
extraterrestrials have led us
659
00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:53,439
to a post-biological future,
660
00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:57,235
so that we can rejoin them
in the cosmos?
661
00:37:57,309 --> 00:38:01,609
And if so, might they have
used these same technologies
662
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,580
to visit Earth in the distant past?
663
00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:11,223
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
664
00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:13,023
and look to NASA's own attempts
665
00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:15,025
at re-engineering man
666
00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:17,587
for space.
667
00:38:23,494 --> 00:38:26,464
New York City, 1961.
668
00:38:28,532 --> 00:38:31,572
Psychopharmacologist Nathan S. Kline
669
00:38:31,635 --> 00:38:34,865
and cybernetic mathematician
Manfred Clynes
670
00:38:34,972 --> 00:38:37,972
co-publish a paper
about human space travel
671
00:38:38,075 --> 00:38:42,075
entitled "Drugs, Space,
and Cybernetics."
672
00:38:44,181 --> 00:38:46,921
The two coin the term "cyborg"--
673
00:38:46,984 --> 00:38:49,794
an enhanced human being
specifically doctored
674
00:38:49,887 --> 00:38:51,987
to survive in extraterrestrial
environments
675
00:38:52,089 --> 00:38:54,159
without a space suit.
676
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,560
In their paper,
they detailed various ways
677
00:38:59,663 --> 00:39:02,703
in which to modify
the human body for survival
678
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,440
beyond Earth, and later
served as the inspiration
679
00:39:06,537 --> 00:39:10,567
for NASA's study
"Engineering Man for Space."
680
00:39:13,644 --> 00:39:17,014
Our bodies are
not suited for living in space.
681
00:39:17,114 --> 00:39:21,384
After only a few days, we
experience muscle and bone loss.
682
00:39:21,452 --> 00:39:24,892
One has to wonder if extraterrestrials
683
00:39:24,989 --> 00:39:27,519
experience the same type of problems.
684
00:39:29,026 --> 00:39:32,186
I do think that any beings that are able
685
00:39:32,263 --> 00:39:36,703
to cross the cosmos
and visit this planet
686
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,070
will have learned how
to self-direct their evolution,
687
00:39:41,172 --> 00:39:43,442
to survive in deep space
688
00:39:43,541 --> 00:39:45,541
for extraordinarily
long periods of time.
689
00:39:45,643 --> 00:39:48,483
Those beings, more than likely,
690
00:39:48,579 --> 00:39:50,249
will be, at least, bio-digital,
691
00:39:50,347 --> 00:39:52,977
meaning that they have merged
with their technologies.
692
00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:55,653
Or they will be pure digital beings.
693
00:39:55,753 --> 00:39:59,393
These may be robots or cyborgs.
694
00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:08,630
Could extraterrestrials have used
695
00:40:08,732 --> 00:40:13,242
the same cyborg technologies
we are just now developing?
696
00:40:14,738 --> 00:40:17,968
If so, might our push
towards transhumanism
697
00:40:18,075 --> 00:40:21,535
really be inspired by an innate desire
698
00:40:21,645 --> 00:40:24,575
to travel further into space...
699
00:40:24,682 --> 00:40:26,922
and seek out our creators?
700
00:40:30,821 --> 00:40:33,761
There has been a consistent path towards
701
00:40:33,857 --> 00:40:36,157
the fusion of human and machine
702
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:38,060
throughout all of our history--
703
00:40:38,162 --> 00:40:40,902
this idea that we could
somehow advance ourselves
704
00:40:40,965 --> 00:40:43,025
for the betterment of humankind
705
00:40:43,133 --> 00:40:44,733
through this merger
706
00:40:44,835 --> 00:40:48,465
of technology and biology.
707
00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:50,242
I think that what will happen
708
00:40:50,341 --> 00:40:54,141
is that our biological bodies
709
00:40:54,211 --> 00:40:56,251
will be able to be perfected,
710
00:40:56,347 --> 00:40:59,207
any imperfections corrected.
711
00:40:59,316 --> 00:41:02,076
Our mental abilities and lifespan
712
00:41:02,186 --> 00:41:04,616
will be enhanced considerably.
713
00:41:04,722 --> 00:41:08,322
And we will be ready, ourselves,
to go into space
714
00:41:08,425 --> 00:41:12,425
and ultimately join
our creators in the stars.
715
00:41:17,234 --> 00:41:20,144
Is it possible extraterrestrials left us
716
00:41:20,237 --> 00:41:22,167
with the tools to mold ourselves
717
00:41:22,273 --> 00:41:24,973
into a truly transhuman species...
718
00:41:27,211 --> 00:41:28,811
...one without any limits,
719
00:41:28,912 --> 00:41:32,752
capable of traveling the stars at will?
720
00:41:32,850 --> 00:41:36,690
Or could nanomachines,
artificial intelligence,
721
00:41:36,787 --> 00:41:41,387
and the digital revolution
render humans obsolete?
722
00:41:41,492 --> 00:41:45,292
Our lives and the very nature
of our existence
723
00:41:45,396 --> 00:41:48,956
may balance on this choice,
724
00:41:49,066 --> 00:41:53,396
a choice that is coming
much sooner than we think.
725
00:41:53,504 --> 00:41:56,514
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