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TSOUKALOS: Right now, we are inventing 2 00:00:04,472 --> 00:00:06,038 all these different technologies, 3 00:00:06,107 --> 00:00:08,574 with which we could actually make ourselves 4 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:10,876 superhumans with super intelligence. 5 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:13,579 DAVID WILCOCK: The potentials are quite extreme. 6 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:16,415 You could eventually have printable noses, 7 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:18,350 ears, lungs, kidneys. 8 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:21,754 KEVIN WARWICK: The big question is immortality. 9 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:25,324 Dying, is it something we have to do? 10 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,327 WILLIAM HENRY: I'm convinced that the engineers at MIT 11 00:00:28,429 --> 00:00:31,497 are looking back into the ancient examples of the gods. 12 00:00:32,867 --> 00:00:34,199 DAVID CHILDRESS: You've got to wonder, 13 00:00:34,268 --> 00:00:37,503 are extraterrestrials somehow guiding us, 14 00:00:37,605 --> 00:00:38,837 and manipulating us 15 00:00:38,906 --> 00:00:41,774 into this new future, and this new human 16 00:00:41,876 --> 00:00:44,476 that we are destined to be? 17 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:47,446 NARRATOR: Since the dawn of civilization, 18 00:00:47,548 --> 00:00:51,750 mankind has credited its origins to gods 19 00:00:51,819 --> 00:00:53,852 and other visitors from the stars. 20 00:00:53,954 --> 00:00:57,489 What if it were true? 21 00:00:57,591 --> 00:00:59,558 Did extraterrestrial beings 22 00:00:59,627 --> 00:01:03,262 really help to shape our history? 23 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:07,066 And if so, might their ultimate plan be revealed... 24 00:01:07,168 --> 00:01:11,370 with the rise of the Next Humans? 25 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:14,173 ? ? 26 00:01:43,604 --> 00:01:46,171 NARRATOR: Mountain View, California. 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,374 August, 1962. 28 00:01:49,477 --> 00:01:52,544 At NASA's Ames Research Center, 29 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:56,815 the newly formed Division of Biotechnology and Human Research 30 00:01:56,884 --> 00:02:00,986 begins a study on the possibility of exploring space 31 00:02:01,055 --> 00:02:04,189 with technologically-enhanced humans, 32 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:07,126 otherwise known as cyborgs. 33 00:02:07,228 --> 00:02:10,762 Ten months later, they release a report 34 00:02:10,865 --> 00:02:15,300 called "The Cyborg Study: Engineering Man for Space." 35 00:02:15,402 --> 00:02:19,338 In it, they propose that astronauts will require 36 00:02:19,406 --> 00:02:21,707 artificial organs and pharmaceuticals 37 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:25,511 to survive in the harshest environments of deep space... 38 00:02:26,881 --> 00:02:29,681 ...as we explore beyond our solar system. 39 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:34,553 While the program was quickly abandoned 40 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:37,356 due to the lack of available technology, 41 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:41,860 it helped usher in a new era of scientific research focused 42 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:46,632 on augmenting the human species into a new stage of evolution: 43 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:49,301 the Transhuman. 44 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:52,671 WARWICK: Transhumanism is the use 45 00:02:52,773 --> 00:02:55,641 of technology by humans, 46 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:59,111 to enhance the physical, psychological, 47 00:02:59,213 --> 00:03:02,114 and most of all, intellectual capabilities. 48 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:08,554 We transhumanists want to use science and technology 49 00:03:08,656 --> 00:03:11,390 to self-direct our evolution. 50 00:03:11,492 --> 00:03:13,425 There are lots of transhumanists now 51 00:03:13,494 --> 00:03:15,627 that don't even consider themselves transhuman-- 52 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:17,262 for example, people who have pacemakers, 53 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:20,999 or cochlear implants, or hip replacements. 54 00:03:21,101 --> 00:03:23,402 These are technologies that we're using, 55 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:25,437 and that is beyond human. 56 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,341 JONATHAN YOUNG: The idea of their being a transhuman 57 00:03:29,443 --> 00:03:32,077 is actually a very old notion, 58 00:03:32,179 --> 00:03:35,247 and it stems from our longing for immortality. 59 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:38,350 so there were attempts to extend human life. 60 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:42,521 SCOTT: Transhumanism has been thought of for a very long time, 61 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:43,655 throughout mythology. 62 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:48,594 From Gilgamesh's search for immortality, 63 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:50,929 to alchemy... 64 00:03:53,167 --> 00:03:55,534 ...to the search for the fountain of life. 65 00:03:55,636 --> 00:03:59,504 Really, the quest to overcome what it means to be human, 66 00:03:59,607 --> 00:04:01,340 to see if we can live forever, 67 00:04:01,442 --> 00:04:03,442 that has been the quest for a very long time. 68 00:04:05,212 --> 00:04:07,045 IfRRATOR: Although the notion of modifying 69 00:04:07,114 --> 00:04:08,614 the body with technology 70 00:04:08,716 --> 00:04:11,984 has been around for thousands of years, 71 00:04:12,086 --> 00:04:15,354 transhumanists say the 21st century 72 00:04:15,456 --> 00:04:18,924 will radically change what it means to be a human... 73 00:04:20,561 --> 00:04:23,395 ...when we begin to genetically engineer 74 00:04:23,464 --> 00:04:26,898 an entirely new generation of humans. 75 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:36,174 April 22, 2015. 76 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:38,343 Guangzhou, China. 77 00:04:40,381 --> 00:04:43,282 Geneticists at the Sun Yat-Sen University 78 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:46,318 make history as the first team in the world 79 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:48,787 to genetically modify a human embryo. 80 00:04:50,357 --> 00:04:54,926 Using a gene editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9, 81 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:57,796 the scientists were able to correct the gene defect 82 00:04:57,898 --> 00:05:02,134 that causes beta-thalassemia, a blood disease, 83 00:05:02,236 --> 00:05:05,437 by snipping out and replacing portions of the DNA 84 00:05:05,539 --> 00:05:07,539 in the fertilized egg. 85 00:05:12,313 --> 00:05:14,146 By using a new technology called CRISPR, 86 00:05:14,248 --> 00:05:16,748 scientists are able to actually cut into the DNA 87 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:20,218 and replace parts of the DNA 88 00:05:20,321 --> 00:05:23,288 with genetically-modified proteins. 89 00:05:23,357 --> 00:05:26,892 This allows us to literally transform who we are. 90 00:05:29,063 --> 00:05:31,330 WARWICK: When we look at DNA changing, 91 00:05:31,432 --> 00:05:35,067 it can be used not just to overcome problems, 92 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:39,338 but to improve your looks, maybe change the color or your hair, 93 00:05:39,406 --> 00:05:41,039 or your eyes, or perhaps 94 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:43,442 even more importantly, change your intellectual 95 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:45,677 or physical abilities. 96 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:52,384 NARRATOR: Will the modification of human embryos 97 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:54,186 soon lead to a wave 98 00:05:54,254 --> 00:05:57,389 of what futurists call "designer babies," 99 00:05:57,491 --> 00:06:00,359 children whose physical features 100 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:01,860 and mental capabilities 101 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,695 were selected by their parents. 102 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:08,900 Many believe that not only is this a possibility, 103 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:10,235 but that the very definition 104 00:06:10,304 --> 00:06:13,405 of a parent may soon change as well. 105 00:06:13,507 --> 00:06:16,074 The UK is on its way to becoming the first country 106 00:06:16,143 --> 00:06:18,009 to legalize the creation of babies 107 00:06:18,112 --> 00:06:19,778 from three different people. 108 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,580 And a large majority of the House of Commons 109 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:23,248 voted in favor of the controversial 110 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:26,918 "Three Parent In Vitro Fertilization," or TPIVF. 111 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:30,489 The British government officially declared it legal, 112 00:06:30,591 --> 00:06:33,425 so actual children have been born 113 00:06:33,494 --> 00:06:37,929 that have DNA from three different parents. 114 00:06:38,031 --> 00:06:41,466 I think it is quite possible, in the future, 115 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:43,535 that it won't be just two 116 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:46,438 or three parents that the child has, 117 00:06:46,507 --> 00:06:49,775 but could be any number. 118 00:06:49,877 --> 00:06:51,309 That sounds like science fiction, 119 00:06:51,412 --> 00:06:52,878 but it's actually something the Japanese scientists 120 00:06:52,946 --> 00:06:54,045 are working on right now. 121 00:06:54,148 --> 00:06:56,515 And what that would entail 122 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:58,316 is using an artificial womb. 123 00:06:58,419 --> 00:06:59,351 (heart beating, baby fussing) 124 00:06:59,453 --> 00:07:00,519 Actually gestating the child 125 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:02,154 within that artificial womb. 126 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:04,890 Now, you can imagine, if we can get to this stage, 127 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:07,092 it doesn't matter who... who the parents are. 128 00:07:07,194 --> 00:07:10,462 You could have a community of people with the best genes 129 00:07:10,564 --> 00:07:12,431 contributing to making that child. 130 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:15,300 And that is really the future that is in front of us. 131 00:07:18,505 --> 00:07:19,938 NARRATOR: Is it possible 132 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:22,207 we could synthetically create human beings, 133 00:07:22,309 --> 00:07:24,943 picking and choosing genetic traits 134 00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:27,813 from any number of donors? 135 00:07:27,915 --> 00:07:31,049 Could the characteristics of a person 136 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:35,020 soon be limited only by our imaginations? 137 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:38,390 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 138 00:07:38,492 --> 00:07:42,327 and suggest an even more incredible possibility: 139 00:07:42,396 --> 00:07:45,297 that we are not the first to do this. 140 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,639 Luxor, Egypt. 141 00:07:54,741 --> 00:07:58,944 Here in the Deir el-Bahari mortuary temple 142 00:07:59,012 --> 00:08:01,613 lies the burial chamber of Hatshepsut, 143 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:06,251 one of the only queens to ever become a pharaoh. 144 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:10,355 And on the frescoed walls of this tomb is a scene 145 00:08:10,457 --> 00:08:12,524 portraying Hatshepsut's conception 146 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:14,993 at the hands of divine beings. 147 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:22,400 On the walls of Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple, 148 00:08:22,469 --> 00:08:26,638 it says... that... a long time ago... 149 00:08:28,342 --> 00:08:31,376 ...God Amon came to Hatshepsut's mother, 150 00:08:31,478 --> 00:08:33,378 Ahmose, in her sleep, 151 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,847 and with the power of God Anum, 152 00:08:35,916 --> 00:08:38,049 and with the key of ankh in his hand, 153 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:40,652 he created baby Hatshepsut. 154 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,091 He uses the ankh... 155 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:49,594 ...that key-shaped tool, 156 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:52,998 to give life, to create a human. 157 00:08:55,469 --> 00:08:58,069 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Any device that can give life 158 00:08:58,171 --> 00:09:02,274 upon something would have to appear as magical... 159 00:09:03,844 --> 00:09:06,444 ...so you have to wonder who were these gods 160 00:09:06,547 --> 00:09:08,647 that they were talking about? 161 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:10,115 What we have in this story 162 00:09:10,183 --> 00:09:13,084 is actually the immaculate conception of 163 00:09:13,186 --> 00:09:16,821 Hatshepsut, and it is clear that this is the story 164 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:20,058 of an extraterrestrial intervention in the creation 165 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,494 of a star child, Hatshepsut. 166 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:26,164 So, we appear to be dealing with some sort of a technology, 167 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:28,099 a DNA-based technology 168 00:09:28,168 --> 00:09:32,070 that can manifest human bodies or alter human DNA. 169 00:09:36,343 --> 00:09:39,578 NARRATOR: Could Hatshepsut have been genetically engineered 170 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,180 by otherworldly beings? 171 00:09:43,784 --> 00:09:47,552 And is it possible that humans are just now starting 172 00:09:47,621 --> 00:09:50,956 to unlock the incredible potential hidden within us 173 00:09:51,058 --> 00:09:54,092 by our extraterrestrial creators, 174 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:56,861 as ancient astronaut theorists propose? 175 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:03,201 Perhaps further clues can be found in our own attempts, 176 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:07,172 not in creating life, but in reversing death. 177 00:10:13,547 --> 00:10:15,714 NARRATOR: State College, Pennsylvania. 178 00:10:15,816 --> 00:10:19,718 October 15, 2015. 179 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:23,388 Dr. Gong Chen and a team of biologists 180 00:10:23,490 --> 00:10:25,157 from the Life Sciences Department 181 00:10:25,259 --> 00:10:27,225 at Penn State University 182 00:10:27,328 --> 00:10:31,163 reveal research on a cocktail of specialized drugs 183 00:10:31,265 --> 00:10:34,933 designed to convert non-neuronal cells in the brain, 184 00:10:35,035 --> 00:10:37,970 called glial cells, into neurons. 185 00:10:41,275 --> 00:10:44,910 90% of our brain is made up of what's called glial cells. 186 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:48,847 These cells are just a support mechanism 187 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:50,782 for the neurons themselves. 188 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:54,019 WARWICK: What we can do at the moment 189 00:10:54,121 --> 00:10:57,956 is to take glial cells from the brain 190 00:10:58,058 --> 00:11:00,325 and to use different chemicals, essentially, 191 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:03,161 to alter the functioning of the glial cells. 192 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,597 Chemicals will cause them 193 00:11:05,699 --> 00:11:09,601 to become fresh neurons. 194 00:11:09,703 --> 00:11:12,304 Gong Chen's belief for this research is that 195 00:11:12,406 --> 00:11:14,673 things like severe brain trauma, 196 00:11:14,775 --> 00:11:18,076 Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's could actually 197 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:21,346 be effectively transformed and healed. 198 00:11:25,753 --> 00:11:27,853 NARRATOR: Could degenerative brain disorders 199 00:11:27,955 --> 00:11:29,888 like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's 200 00:11:29,990 --> 00:11:33,458 be cured by a simple chemical injection? 201 00:11:35,229 --> 00:11:38,397 And if so, could we eventually rid the brain 202 00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:40,966 of neurological diseases entirely? 203 00:11:43,003 --> 00:11:46,338 Transhumanists believe the therapeutic uses 204 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,140 for this incredible discovery 205 00:11:48,242 --> 00:11:51,043 are only a small part of the bigger picture. 206 00:11:54,281 --> 00:11:57,883 In the future, we could see using that technology 207 00:11:57,985 --> 00:12:01,453 to increase our intelligence to a, to a superhuman state. 208 00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:06,158 Now imagine, because the brain is only ten percent neurons, 209 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,526 imagine if we could 210 00:12:07,628 --> 00:12:11,630 increase the brain's capacity to 35%. 211 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:14,066 That could change everything. 212 00:12:14,168 --> 00:12:17,235 I mean, we could become a super intelligent species. 213 00:12:18,972 --> 00:12:22,941 Could you, in fact, advance the human IQ, 214 00:12:23,043 --> 00:12:24,810 perhaps to such a degree 215 00:12:24,912 --> 00:12:27,079 that you might have people walking around now 216 00:12:27,181 --> 00:12:29,915 with a 1,000 IQ? 217 00:12:30,017 --> 00:12:31,817 NARRATOR: Could Dr. Chen's research 218 00:12:31,919 --> 00:12:36,288 lead us to an exponential increase of the human intellect? 219 00:12:36,390 --> 00:12:39,958 And if so, will we seem like primates 220 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:42,461 to the people of tomorrow? 221 00:12:42,563 --> 00:12:47,899 Transhumanists suggest that if we can create new brain cells, 222 00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:51,303 we could potentially reproduce all of the body's cells, 223 00:12:51,405 --> 00:12:54,005 which would have profound implications. 224 00:12:57,511 --> 00:13:00,045 WARWICK: The big question is immortality. 225 00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:03,748 Dying, is it something we have to do? 226 00:13:03,851 --> 00:13:08,520 Cells die away, but if we can start replacing the cells, 227 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:11,790 and if we can replace brain cells 228 00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,992 and keep the functioning of the brain going, 229 00:13:14,094 --> 00:13:16,027 then it does, potentially, 230 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:21,066 really extend life, in theory, forever. 231 00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:22,567 Some people, like Ray Kurzweil, 232 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:26,271 have suggested by 2045 we'll be able to do that. 233 00:13:28,442 --> 00:13:29,908 NARRATOR: Ray Kurzweil 234 00:13:30,010 --> 00:13:32,210 is Google's Director of Engineering, 235 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:36,348 a transhumanist, prolific author and inventor. 236 00:13:36,450 --> 00:13:39,484 He believes, in the near future, 237 00:13:39,586 --> 00:13:43,021 humans will be able to extend their lives indefinitely. 238 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:46,925 To reach that point, he maintains 239 00:13:47,027 --> 00:13:49,394 a daily diet of over 100 240 00:13:49,496 --> 00:13:51,730 different body and mind enhancing pills, 241 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:54,900 called nootropics. 242 00:13:55,002 --> 00:13:58,370 Nootropics are essentially drugs of one kind or another, 243 00:13:58,472 --> 00:14:01,973 chemicals if you like, that can change the way 244 00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,642 most of the body functions, 245 00:14:03,744 --> 00:14:06,044 but particularly how the brain functions. 246 00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:09,581 SCOTT: Choline, for example, 247 00:14:09,683 --> 00:14:12,751 helps with memory, and so, people are using 248 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:14,853 these nootropics to enhance their memory, 249 00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:19,524 to have better recall, to have better focus. 250 00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:21,126 You're starting to see nootropics pop up everywhere, 251 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:22,994 especially in Silicon Valley. 252 00:14:23,096 --> 00:14:24,829 In the future, the idea 253 00:14:24,898 --> 00:14:27,866 of enhancing the cognitive ability in the human being 254 00:14:27,968 --> 00:14:29,768 is going to be sort of commonplace. 255 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:35,273 NARRATOR: Kurzweil and others predict 256 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:39,611 nootropics will become a new multi-billion dollar industry 257 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:43,114 as people turn to supplements to enhance their bodies 258 00:14:43,217 --> 00:14:45,483 and prolong their lives. 259 00:14:45,586 --> 00:14:48,853 But ancient astronaut theorists believe that, 260 00:14:48,956 --> 00:14:50,855 like genetic manipulation, 261 00:14:50,924 --> 00:14:56,294 evidence of nootropic use can be found thousands of years ago. 262 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:59,497 Dating back to the fifth century BC, 263 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,134 the Hindu Sanskrit epic known as The Mahabharata, 264 00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:06,338 tells the story of Samudra Manthana, 265 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:09,474 a celestial battle between the gods 266 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:13,378 for a rare substance that grants immortality. 267 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:22,420 The "Samudra Manthana" means the "churning of the ocean." 268 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:26,091 And in this case, the ocean is visualized 269 00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:28,260 as a cosmic sea of milk. 270 00:15:28,362 --> 00:15:31,963 It is, in essence, the Milky Way itself. 271 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:36,101 There were two primary forces at odds in the universe. 272 00:15:36,203 --> 00:15:38,136 There were the Asuras... 273 00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:39,638 and they were at odds 274 00:15:39,740 --> 00:15:43,575 with a new order of gods-- the Devas. 275 00:15:45,979 --> 00:15:48,713 The gods went to Lord Vishnu and Vishnu said, 276 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:51,683 why don't you try to cooperate with them? 277 00:15:51,752 --> 00:15:54,619 At the very depths of the ocean, 278 00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:57,756 there is a substance called Amrita, 279 00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:00,225 a divine nectar of immortality. 280 00:16:00,327 --> 00:16:02,294 Churn the cosmic ocean of milk, 281 00:16:02,396 --> 00:16:05,664 and it will yield forth the nectar of immortality, 282 00:16:05,766 --> 00:16:07,532 and you can share it. 283 00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:10,935 YOUNG: The gods and the demons start churning, 284 00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:13,138 in the heavens, the Milky Way, 285 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,175 and what is produced by this is an elixir, 286 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:19,511 an elixir that can grant immortality. 287 00:16:19,613 --> 00:16:22,247 Well, there was a terrible war now, 288 00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:25,016 because everyone wanted this. 289 00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:28,019 CHILDRESS: In order to win the battle for the gods, 290 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:30,855 they decide they need this amrita, 291 00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:32,891 this elixir of life. 292 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:37,262 So you have to wonder if this story isn't about some kind of 293 00:16:37,364 --> 00:16:39,731 extraterrestrial war in heaven, 294 00:16:39,833 --> 00:16:44,469 where aliens are fighting over nootropics. 295 00:16:49,776 --> 00:16:52,177 NARRATOR: Could the story of the Samudra Manthana 296 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:55,513 be an ancient account of a celestial battle 297 00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:57,482 over a highly advanced nootropic? 298 00:16:59,119 --> 00:17:02,520 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 299 00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:05,690 and point to legends of immortality elixirs 300 00:17:05,792 --> 00:17:10,428 throughout antiquity. 301 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:13,198 The ancients had many stories of immortality-- 302 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:15,100 that it was touchable or reachable. 303 00:17:16,570 --> 00:17:20,705 The Chinese had the peaches of immortality. 304 00:17:20,807 --> 00:17:23,775 The Greeks had ambrosia. 305 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:27,812 The Mesopotamians had the idea of "soma." 306 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:32,117 In the Biblical tradition, there is the tree of life. 307 00:17:32,219 --> 00:17:36,354 There is something that you can ingest and gain immortality. 308 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:39,257 CHILDRESS: This quest has been going on 309 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:40,925 for thousands of years, 310 00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:44,629 around the world, by many different cultures. 311 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:48,032 This quest for these smart drugs, 312 00:17:48,135 --> 00:17:52,036 that will enhance our lifestyle and our mental clarity. 313 00:17:52,139 --> 00:17:54,038 So you have to wonder, 314 00:17:54,141 --> 00:17:57,842 was this nootropic drug 315 00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:00,945 some kind of extraterrestrial elixir 316 00:18:01,047 --> 00:18:02,881 that was well-known in ancient times? 317 00:18:07,421 --> 00:18:08,887 NARRATOR: Could ancient accounts 318 00:18:08,989 --> 00:18:12,690 of elixirs of immortality really be descriptions 319 00:18:12,793 --> 00:18:16,194 of extraterrestrial nootropics? 320 00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:18,830 And might it soon be possible 321 00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:21,466 to unlock our full human potential 322 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:24,335 simply with the right potion or pill, 323 00:18:24,438 --> 00:18:27,472 perhaps fulfilling a destiny 324 00:18:27,574 --> 00:18:30,575 to become like our alien ancestors? 325 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:34,379 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 326 00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:37,081 and suggest molecular chemistry 327 00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:40,318 is only the beginning of the human upgrade. 328 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,127 WILCOCK: Nano-machines could actually 329 00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:50,728 heal the wounds in our bodies. 330 00:18:50,831 --> 00:18:54,833 STOCK: The possibility of reversing human aging, 331 00:18:54,935 --> 00:18:56,935 is not a very big stretch. 332 00:19:02,926 --> 00:19:06,494 NARRATOR: November 17, 2015. 333 00:19:09,532 --> 00:19:11,132 A team of researchers 334 00:19:11,201 --> 00:19:14,869 from North Carolina State University, and Rice University, 335 00:19:14,938 --> 00:19:17,705 unveil the first motor-driven, 336 00:19:17,807 --> 00:19:20,108 submersible nanomachines ever created. 337 00:19:23,646 --> 00:19:28,549 Molecular nano-technology is the idea 338 00:19:28,651 --> 00:19:31,886 of building devices, machines, 339 00:19:31,988 --> 00:19:34,055 at a molecular scale. 340 00:19:34,124 --> 00:19:38,993 "Nano" refers to a billionth of a meter, 341 00:19:39,095 --> 00:19:40,461 so, very, very small. 342 00:19:40,563 --> 00:19:42,463 We're getting down to atomic scale. 343 00:19:45,201 --> 00:19:48,836 NARRATOR: Measuring only 244 atoms across, 344 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:51,606 these miniature robots are designed 345 00:19:51,708 --> 00:19:53,274 to deliver specialized medicines 346 00:19:53,343 --> 00:19:56,210 throughout the body, using the bloodstream. 347 00:19:56,279 --> 00:20:01,048 Scientists have created biobots that are the first of its kind. 348 00:20:01,151 --> 00:20:04,352 These tiny little bio hybrids and bots are capable 349 00:20:04,454 --> 00:20:07,321 of tying to viscous material through our bodies. 350 00:20:07,423 --> 00:20:09,290 SCOTT: They take submersible nanomachines 351 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,058 that can be controlled with UV light, 352 00:20:11,161 --> 00:20:14,061 and using the UV light, they can control 353 00:20:14,097 --> 00:20:16,531 where these nanomachines take nutrients 354 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,000 and take medicines into the body. 355 00:20:20,436 --> 00:20:21,669 WARWICK: As long as we have a way 356 00:20:21,738 --> 00:20:24,038 of controlling them from the outside, 357 00:20:24,107 --> 00:20:26,474 they can move around very, very quickly, 358 00:20:26,543 --> 00:20:29,277 perform a function-- i-if we're looking 359 00:20:29,379 --> 00:20:31,179 at operating on a cancer, 360 00:20:31,281 --> 00:20:33,147 then, potentially, they could do 361 00:20:33,249 --> 00:20:35,783 that operation for you, from within. 362 00:20:40,690 --> 00:20:44,225 WILCOCK: This could lead to huge advances 363 00:20:44,327 --> 00:20:47,395 in medicine, in healing, 364 00:20:47,497 --> 00:20:50,998 leading to nanomachines that could actually 365 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:52,500 heal the wounds in our bodies, 366 00:20:52,602 --> 00:20:55,803 close things up much faster, 367 00:20:55,905 --> 00:20:59,140 repair damaged tissue, extend our lifespan, 368 00:20:59,242 --> 00:21:04,545 and literally bring us into a new level of human evolution. 369 00:21:08,418 --> 00:21:10,184 NARRATOR: Transhumanists believe 370 00:21:10,253 --> 00:21:11,986 our bodies will soon be home 371 00:21:12,088 --> 00:21:15,022 to swarms of nanomachines, 372 00:21:15,124 --> 00:21:18,226 that will both heal, and also warn of disease. 373 00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:22,029 And some propose 374 00:21:22,131 --> 00:21:25,333 this technology is advancing so rapidly 375 00:21:25,401 --> 00:21:26,634 that it will not just be 376 00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:29,036 future generations that will live tens 377 00:21:29,138 --> 00:21:31,973 or even hundreds of years longer, 378 00:21:32,075 --> 00:21:35,042 but people who are alive today. 379 00:21:35,144 --> 00:21:39,747 STOCK: The possibility of reversing human aging, 380 00:21:39,849 --> 00:21:42,650 as opposed to just slowing it down, 381 00:21:42,752 --> 00:21:44,685 is not a very big stretch. 382 00:21:44,787 --> 00:21:49,390 So if you understand aging and the fundamentals 383 00:21:49,492 --> 00:21:52,793 of the processes that are leading to it, 384 00:21:52,896 --> 00:21:55,463 it would be quite possible, both to slow it, 385 00:21:55,531 --> 00:21:59,066 and it would also be possible to reverse it. 386 00:22:03,773 --> 00:22:05,640 SCOTT: An example of this is a study 387 00:22:05,742 --> 00:22:06,974 that has gone on at Harvard, 388 00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:10,144 by reversing the muscle tissue in mice. 389 00:22:12,248 --> 00:22:15,783 We have actually reversed the age in these mice. 390 00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:18,686 And so, if we can do that 391 00:22:18,788 --> 00:22:21,422 in the laboratory setting, 392 00:22:21,524 --> 00:22:23,157 it's only a matter of time 393 00:22:23,226 --> 00:22:26,127 before we're able to reverse our own aging process. 394 00:22:28,231 --> 00:22:30,498 NARRATOR: Could millions of microscopic robots 395 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,701 soon be swimming in our bloodstreams, 396 00:22:33,803 --> 00:22:35,736 augmenting our immune system, 397 00:22:35,805 --> 00:22:39,240 and even reversing the aging process entirely, 398 00:22:39,309 --> 00:22:41,242 as transhumanists believe? 399 00:22:43,146 --> 00:22:45,379 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 400 00:22:45,481 --> 00:22:48,749 that if such a transformation does occur, 401 00:22:48,851 --> 00:22:51,185 it may be a sign that we're evolving 402 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:54,221 to become more like our alien ancestors. 403 00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:03,798 As evidence, they point to the Sumerian King List, 404 00:23:03,866 --> 00:23:06,133 a series of stone tablets 405 00:23:06,235 --> 00:23:09,670 that are believed to be over 4,000 years old, 406 00:23:09,772 --> 00:23:11,372 and record the reigns 407 00:23:11,474 --> 00:23:13,507 of ancient Mesopotamian kings 408 00:23:13,576 --> 00:23:17,311 that ruled for upwards of 43,000 years. 409 00:23:20,216 --> 00:23:21,449 HENRY: The Sumerian Kings List 410 00:23:21,484 --> 00:23:24,552 was handed down to humanity by the gods. 411 00:23:24,654 --> 00:23:27,421 What's extraordinary is that the reigns of these kings 412 00:23:27,490 --> 00:23:29,690 last into the thousands of years. 413 00:23:29,759 --> 00:23:31,525 These people weren't making allegorical 414 00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:32,860 or metaphorical statements, 415 00:23:32,962 --> 00:23:35,363 these were accurate historical records. 416 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:38,666 CHILDRESS: Ancient texts, 417 00:23:38,768 --> 00:23:41,402 including the Bible and the Sumerian texts, 418 00:23:41,471 --> 00:23:43,471 talk about ancient kings 419 00:23:43,573 --> 00:23:47,608 and other people living incredibly long life spans. 420 00:23:47,710 --> 00:23:52,747 Methuselah, who was supposedly the father of Noah, 421 00:23:52,849 --> 00:23:55,649 was said to have lived for 969 years. 422 00:23:58,554 --> 00:24:00,221 JASON MARTELL: When we look into the past, 423 00:24:00,289 --> 00:24:02,223 there's a clear record of people who have lived 424 00:24:02,291 --> 00:24:05,793 a much longer life span than what we have today. 425 00:24:05,895 --> 00:24:07,995 We have to wonder if these beings weren't given 426 00:24:08,097 --> 00:24:10,798 or had access to some type of nanotechnology. 427 00:24:12,568 --> 00:24:14,101 And it fuels the idea and understanding, 428 00:24:14,203 --> 00:24:17,471 and our drive today, to be like the gods. 429 00:24:20,376 --> 00:24:22,810 CHILDRESS: And this important nanotechnology 430 00:24:22,912 --> 00:24:25,846 is something that extraterrestrials 431 00:24:25,915 --> 00:24:29,917 and other advanced civilizations would already have. 432 00:24:31,654 --> 00:24:33,220 And it would only make sense that, 433 00:24:33,289 --> 00:24:36,557 if extraterrestrials are coming to our planet, 434 00:24:36,659 --> 00:24:39,827 they would have brought this nanotechnology with them. 435 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,599 NARRATOR: Might our research 436 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:49,804 into nanotechnology, nootropics and genetic engineering 437 00:24:49,906 --> 00:24:53,707 ascend us to the level of extraterrestrials 438 00:24:53,810 --> 00:24:57,011 that came to Earth thousands of years ago, 439 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,281 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 440 00:25:02,718 --> 00:25:05,386 Perhaps further clues can be found 441 00:25:05,455 --> 00:25:08,756 by examining the technology that is being developed 442 00:25:08,825 --> 00:25:11,892 to upgrade not just our blood, 443 00:25:11,994 --> 00:25:14,962 but even our flesh. 444 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:20,801 SCOTT: We can use the power of our thoughts to control 445 00:25:20,903 --> 00:25:22,436 avatar robots. 446 00:25:23,906 --> 00:25:26,107 HENRY: The engineers at MIT are looking back 447 00:25:26,175 --> 00:25:28,809 into the ancient examples of the gods. 448 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,993 NARRATOR: New York City. 449 00:25:37,095 --> 00:25:41,164 May 4, 2015. 450 00:25:41,266 --> 00:25:44,500 At TechCrunch Disrupt New York, 451 00:25:44,602 --> 00:25:47,370 an annual new technologies conference, 452 00:25:47,438 --> 00:25:49,939 U.S. biotech startup BioBots 453 00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:54,076 launches a desktop 3D printer for biomaterials... 454 00:25:55,980 --> 00:25:59,448 ...which they use to print a replica of Van Gogh's ear. 455 00:26:01,352 --> 00:26:03,586 Instead of plastic, 456 00:26:03,688 --> 00:26:06,322 special ink is combined with biomaterials-- 457 00:26:06,424 --> 00:26:09,292 like collagen and cultured cells-- 458 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,795 to build living tissue and human organs. 459 00:26:16,634 --> 00:26:18,901 So, right now, we're just at the beginning 460 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:21,137 of understanding how to 3D-print organs. 461 00:26:23,441 --> 00:26:25,208 It's a process called "biofabrication." 462 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:29,212 So BioBots has created a biofabrication 3D printer 463 00:26:29,314 --> 00:26:33,049 that can print artificial tissue and small organs. 464 00:26:34,352 --> 00:26:36,452 In the future, what we're going to see 465 00:26:36,521 --> 00:26:38,120 are 3D printers that are 466 00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:41,524 bio-fabricating our bodies and our organs. 467 00:26:44,295 --> 00:26:46,896 WILCOCK: You could eventually have 468 00:26:46,965 --> 00:26:49,165 printable noses, lungs, 469 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:52,335 ears, kidneys... 470 00:26:52,437 --> 00:26:55,071 and, in certain ways, 471 00:26:55,139 --> 00:26:57,173 this technology is so extreme 472 00:26:57,242 --> 00:26:59,141 that it could make it democratic. 473 00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:01,010 It could make it inexpensive. 474 00:27:01,112 --> 00:27:05,147 So in the hands of skilled, trained medical professionals, 475 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:06,849 it could be possible in the future 476 00:27:06,951 --> 00:27:10,586 to 3D print organs for people 477 00:27:10,688 --> 00:27:13,055 out of their own genetic material. 478 00:27:19,063 --> 00:27:20,930 NARRATOR: Transhumanists believe 479 00:27:21,032 --> 00:27:24,500 we may soon transcend our biological limitations, 480 00:27:24,602 --> 00:27:28,871 as we embed machines directly into our own bodies. 481 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:34,910 DARPA, the agency of the U.S. Department of Defense 482 00:27:35,013 --> 00:27:37,980 responsible for the development of emerging technologies 483 00:27:38,049 --> 00:27:40,049 for use by the military... 484 00:27:40,151 --> 00:27:44,920 is currently designing neural implants that will improve 485 00:27:45,023 --> 00:27:49,558 cognitive speed and memory retention in soldiers. 486 00:27:49,661 --> 00:27:52,028 And in 2014, 487 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:56,332 scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea 488 00:27:56,401 --> 00:28:00,102 unveiled research on synthetic "smart skin"-- 489 00:28:00,204 --> 00:28:02,972 lifelike ultra-thin crystalline silicon 490 00:28:03,041 --> 00:28:06,075 designed to cover prosthetic limbs, 491 00:28:06,177 --> 00:28:09,745 giving the user all of the sensations of a natural limb. 492 00:28:12,917 --> 00:28:16,185 They have now developed a-a skin 493 00:28:16,287 --> 00:28:19,455 which has touch senses embedded in it 494 00:28:19,557 --> 00:28:21,657 with a very fine matrix, 495 00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:25,895 which can be put around a prosthetic. 496 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:29,165 So you can actually feel 497 00:28:29,267 --> 00:28:30,533 what that arm is feeling 498 00:28:30,635 --> 00:28:32,335 or you can touch the floor, 499 00:28:32,403 --> 00:28:36,539 feel whether it's hot or cold, or applying pressure. 500 00:28:36,641 --> 00:28:37,940 SCOTT: Future artificial limbs 501 00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:39,875 will look just like our skin, 502 00:28:39,944 --> 00:28:41,577 look just like our hands and our legs. 503 00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:43,512 It's going to affect the entire world. 504 00:28:43,614 --> 00:28:44,947 We're going to see people 505 00:28:45,016 --> 00:28:47,249 using smart prosthetics 506 00:28:47,352 --> 00:28:48,951 that are added to the body, 507 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:52,688 that can be controlled directly through the brain. 508 00:28:52,757 --> 00:28:56,859 And that really is the future of prosthetics. 509 00:28:56,928 --> 00:29:00,363 WARWICK: I can speak from experience, 510 00:29:00,465 --> 00:29:02,098 because I've had one myself-- 511 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,701 our implants that link either into the brain 512 00:29:05,803 --> 00:29:08,371 or into the human nervous system-- 513 00:29:08,473 --> 00:29:10,473 and what I had was 514 00:29:10,575 --> 00:29:14,443 100 small electrodes... 515 00:29:14,545 --> 00:29:16,645 fired into my nervous system 516 00:29:16,748 --> 00:29:19,582 to link my nervous system with a computer. 517 00:29:19,650 --> 00:29:23,386 It was a bit like plugging a plug into an electric socket, 518 00:29:23,454 --> 00:29:26,489 but the socket was my nervous system. 519 00:29:26,557 --> 00:29:29,325 I went to Columbia University in New York, 520 00:29:29,427 --> 00:29:32,061 we plugged my nervous system into the Internet, 521 00:29:32,163 --> 00:29:36,365 and I controlled a robot hand from my brain signals. 522 00:29:36,467 --> 00:29:38,467 You can extend your nervous system 523 00:29:38,569 --> 00:29:40,436 by simply plugging into it. 524 00:29:43,107 --> 00:29:45,608 SCOTT: If we can use just the power of our thought 525 00:29:45,710 --> 00:29:49,278 to control artificial limbs... 526 00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:51,180 we can eventually, one day, 527 00:29:51,282 --> 00:29:55,284 use the power of our thoughts to control avatar robots. 528 00:29:55,353 --> 00:29:58,320 (whirring) 529 00:29:58,423 --> 00:30:01,023 I think we're going to see that kind of technology 530 00:30:01,092 --> 00:30:03,492 used to control avatars on the Moon; 531 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:06,028 we're going to see that kind of technology to control 532 00:30:06,097 --> 00:30:08,464 robotic humanoid avatars on Mars. 533 00:30:13,171 --> 00:30:16,005 NARRATOR: Could we one day venture into the cosmos, 534 00:30:16,073 --> 00:30:18,040 not with our bodies, 535 00:30:18,142 --> 00:30:22,545 but by wirelessly controlling robotic avatars? 536 00:30:22,613 --> 00:30:27,082 And is it possible that extraterrestrials 537 00:30:27,185 --> 00:30:29,318 have utilized these same technologies 538 00:30:29,420 --> 00:30:32,221 to explore Earth in the distant past? 539 00:30:35,159 --> 00:30:38,227 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 540 00:30:38,329 --> 00:30:42,298 and point to technologies currently in development at MIT 541 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,468 that strongly resemble those in ancient accounts 542 00:30:45,536 --> 00:30:48,504 of gods who descended from the sky. 543 00:30:51,075 --> 00:30:53,776 At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 544 00:30:53,878 --> 00:30:56,212 Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, 545 00:30:56,314 --> 00:31:00,115 they are developing a new smart skin for our soldiers 546 00:31:00,218 --> 00:31:03,252 that would make them resistant to ballistic attack 547 00:31:03,354 --> 00:31:06,889 or chemical attack and also would instantly self-repair. 548 00:31:08,426 --> 00:31:10,526 This is absolutely extraordinary, 549 00:31:10,595 --> 00:31:13,262 because in the ancient texts, we learn of the gods 550 00:31:13,331 --> 00:31:16,532 who wore a similar skin that seemed to make them impervious 551 00:31:16,601 --> 00:31:18,501 to any kind of human weaponry. 552 00:31:18,603 --> 00:31:20,703 They couldn't die. 553 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:24,573 Now when I hear stories 554 00:31:24,675 --> 00:31:27,743 of semi-divine beings, such as Hercules, 555 00:31:27,845 --> 00:31:32,615 with his impenetrable lion skin, 556 00:31:32,683 --> 00:31:35,217 or in the Sanskrit Mahabharata, 557 00:31:35,319 --> 00:31:39,455 the story of Karna and his impenetrable armor, 558 00:31:39,557 --> 00:31:41,357 I have to ask the question 559 00:31:41,425 --> 00:31:44,860 whether or not these were all misunderstood technologies. 560 00:31:48,699 --> 00:31:51,100 NARRATOR: Could the self-repairing skin 561 00:31:51,135 --> 00:31:53,235 being developed at MIT 562 00:31:53,304 --> 00:31:54,703 be the same technology 563 00:31:54,772 --> 00:31:57,273 our ancestors wrote about 564 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,476 when they described divine beings that were invincible? 565 00:32:02,313 --> 00:32:05,247 And are we on the verge of this incredible biological 566 00:32:05,316 --> 00:32:08,651 and evolutionary leap ourselves? 567 00:32:08,753 --> 00:32:11,520 Some believe that mankind's next step 568 00:32:11,589 --> 00:32:14,290 is not in augmenting our bodies with machines, 569 00:32:14,392 --> 00:32:18,227 but in becoming the machines ourselves. 570 00:32:21,032 --> 00:32:22,631 HEATHER BERLIN: We can download every connection 571 00:32:22,733 --> 00:32:26,302 that we have in our brain onto a computer. 572 00:32:26,404 --> 00:32:29,038 STOCK: These are the kinds of powers that would have been 573 00:32:29,140 --> 00:32:31,407 viewed as god-like at one previous time. 574 00:32:36,989 --> 00:32:39,189 NARRATOR: Geneva, Switzerland. 575 00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:43,227 2013. 576 00:32:43,329 --> 00:32:47,598 Henry Markram founds the Human Brain Project-- 577 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:51,168 a ten-year scientific venture funded by the EU, 578 00:32:51,237 --> 00:32:54,271 involving hundreds of researchers 579 00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:58,775 from 135 institutions in 26 countries. 580 00:32:58,878 --> 00:33:02,913 The goal of this project is to create a fully simulated model 581 00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:07,217 of the human brain inside a computer. 582 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,522 A lot of people are really excited about the idea of: 583 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,657 if we could map out the structure 584 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,159 of the human brain, 585 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:17,494 neuron for neuron, and every connection, 586 00:33:17,596 --> 00:33:19,796 then we can download every connection 587 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:21,331 that we have in our brain, 588 00:33:21,433 --> 00:33:24,868 all that information, onto a computer. 589 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,008 NARRATOR: The Human Brain Project is only 590 00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:33,710 one of a number of brain-mapping ventures. 591 00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:36,947 The next great American project, and that's what we're calling 592 00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:38,549 the BRAIN Initiative. 593 00:33:38,651 --> 00:33:42,219 NARRATOR: In 2013, President Barack Obama 594 00:33:42,321 --> 00:33:45,189 unveiled a $4.5 billion project 595 00:33:45,291 --> 00:33:47,691 called the BRAIN Initiative. 596 00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:52,162 And Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen 597 00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:55,599 has invested over $500 million 598 00:33:55,668 --> 00:33:59,403 in the Allen Institute for Brain Science. 599 00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:01,805 Futurists speculate that if 600 00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,640 these initiatives are successful, 601 00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,677 the implications could be profound. 602 00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:13,884 SCOTT: Imagine having every piece 603 00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:16,587 of knowledge that every human has ever collected. 604 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:20,724 And if you crunch that down 605 00:34:20,759 --> 00:34:23,360 into a digital consciousness... 606 00:34:23,462 --> 00:34:26,630 that's going to unlock everything. 607 00:34:32,938 --> 00:34:34,705 We can know things about the world 608 00:34:34,807 --> 00:34:36,473 and about life 609 00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:39,977 that no individuals have ever previously known, 610 00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:44,648 because they're all from the aggregation 611 00:34:44,750 --> 00:34:47,818 of all of human knowledge that's going together. 612 00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:50,387 So these are the kinds of powers that would have been 613 00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:54,057 viewed as god-like in previous eras. 614 00:34:59,164 --> 00:35:00,530 NARRATOR: Could we be on the verge 615 00:35:00,633 --> 00:35:03,600 of creating a superhuman intelligence, 616 00:35:03,669 --> 00:35:06,670 able to outperform a human at any task? 617 00:35:08,107 --> 00:35:09,873 And if so, 618 00:35:09,975 --> 00:35:13,477 are we at risk of being replaced by machines entirely? 619 00:35:15,881 --> 00:35:17,581 Transhumanists believe 620 00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:20,784 what lies ahead could actually be a merging 621 00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:23,353 of man and machine. 622 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,962 WARWICK: If we can map the human brain into technology, 623 00:35:32,064 --> 00:35:34,898 then I could take your brain 624 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,734 or somebody else's brain 625 00:35:37,836 --> 00:35:41,505 and copy it into a computer. 626 00:35:41,607 --> 00:35:45,976 A technological one that could potentially live forever. 627 00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:51,815 WILCOCK: What happens if we gain the ability 628 00:35:51,917 --> 00:35:55,319 to upload our consciousness into some sort 629 00:35:55,421 --> 00:35:59,089 of cloud virtual Internet technology? 630 00:36:00,893 --> 00:36:05,796 It's not that far from the spectrum of a realizable goal, 631 00:36:05,898 --> 00:36:09,733 because we're already seeing neurological implants 632 00:36:09,802 --> 00:36:12,736 that can be put into the brain, that can be used 633 00:36:12,805 --> 00:36:15,706 to control the movement of an artificial arm. 634 00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:20,077 What happens if those neural implants 635 00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:21,978 can actually take the true essence 636 00:36:22,081 --> 00:36:24,548 of what it means to be conscious, 637 00:36:24,616 --> 00:36:27,517 and break that down into some sort of pure information 638 00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:31,421 that could live apart from a biological substrate? 639 00:36:32,991 --> 00:36:35,792 It could make itself far more massive, 640 00:36:35,894 --> 00:36:37,160 far more intelligent, 641 00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:40,430 than any human ever had been before. 642 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,070 NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials have 643 00:36:47,172 --> 00:36:50,107 steered our evolution towards technology, 644 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:54,811 so that we may merge man directly with machine, 645 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,781 eliminating our biological restraints? 646 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:02,886 And if so, might our futures lie entirely 647 00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:07,624 in a digital realm of silicon and bits of code? 648 00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:10,894 Many believe the answer lies not in what we are becoming, 649 00:37:10,963 --> 00:37:14,030 but where we are going. 650 00:37:14,133 --> 00:37:18,969 CHILDRESS: It won't be long before mankind has reached 651 00:37:19,071 --> 00:37:21,772 the point where we have 652 00:37:21,874 --> 00:37:24,107 the technology and the artificial intelligence 653 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:25,976 to leave our planet 654 00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:29,880 and go into space, just like extraterrestrials before us. 655 00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:35,085 So you've got to wonder: are extraterrestrials 656 00:37:35,154 --> 00:37:37,988 somehow guiding us and manipulating us 657 00:37:38,056 --> 00:37:40,490 into this new future, 658 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:44,227 and this new human, that we are destined to be? 659 00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:50,867 NARRATOR: Is it possible that extraterrestrials have led us 660 00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:53,437 to a post-biological future, 661 00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:57,240 so that we can rejoin them in the cosmos? 662 00:37:57,309 --> 00:38:01,611 And if so, might they have used these same technologies 663 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,581 to visit Earth in the distant past? 664 00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:11,221 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 665 00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:13,023 and look to NASA's own attempts 666 00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:15,025 at re-engineering man 667 00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:17,594 for space. 668 00:38:23,494 --> 00:38:26,462 NARRATOR: New York City, 1961. 669 00:38:28,532 --> 00:38:31,567 Psychopharmacologist Nathan S. Kline 670 00:38:31,635 --> 00:38:34,870 and cybernetic mathematician Manfred Clynes 671 00:38:34,972 --> 00:38:37,973 co-publish a paper about human space travel 672 00:38:38,075 --> 00:38:42,077 entitled "Drugs, Space, and Cybernetics." 673 00:38:44,181 --> 00:38:46,915 The two coin the term "cyborg"-- 674 00:38:46,984 --> 00:38:49,785 an enhanced human being specifically doctored 675 00:38:49,887 --> 00:38:51,987 to survive in extraterrestrial environments 676 00:38:52,089 --> 00:38:54,156 without a space suit. 677 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,561 In their paper, they detailed various ways 678 00:38:59,663 --> 00:39:02,698 in which to modify the human body for survival 679 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,435 beyond Earth, and later served as the inspiration 680 00:39:06,537 --> 00:39:10,572 for NASA's study "Engineering Man for Space." 681 00:39:13,644 --> 00:39:17,012 TSOUKALOS: Our bodies are not suited for living in space. 682 00:39:17,114 --> 00:39:21,383 After only a few days, we experience muscle and bone loss. 683 00:39:21,452 --> 00:39:24,887 One has to wonder if extraterrestrials 684 00:39:24,989 --> 00:39:27,523 experience the same type of problems. 685 00:39:29,026 --> 00:39:32,194 I do think that any beings that are able 686 00:39:32,263 --> 00:39:36,698 to cross the cosmos and visit this planet 687 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,069 will have learned how to self-direct their evolution, 688 00:39:41,172 --> 00:39:43,438 to survive in deep space 689 00:39:43,541 --> 00:39:45,541 for extraordinarily long periods of time. 690 00:39:45,643 --> 00:39:48,477 Those beings, more than likely, 691 00:39:48,579 --> 00:39:50,245 will be, at least, bio-digital, 692 00:39:50,347 --> 00:39:52,981 meaning that they have merged with their technologies. 693 00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:55,651 Or they will be pure digital beings. 694 00:39:55,753 --> 00:39:59,388 These may be robots or cyborgs. 695 00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:08,630 NARRATOR: Could extraterrestrials have used 696 00:40:08,732 --> 00:40:13,235 the same cyborg technologies we are just now developing? 697 00:40:14,738 --> 00:40:17,973 If so, might our push towards transhumanism 698 00:40:18,075 --> 00:40:21,543 really be inspired by an innate desire 699 00:40:21,645 --> 00:40:24,580 to travel further into space... 700 00:40:24,682 --> 00:40:26,915 and seek out our creators? 701 00:40:30,821 --> 00:40:33,755 There has been a consistent path towards 702 00:40:33,857 --> 00:40:36,158 the fusion of human and machine 703 00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:38,060 throughout all of our history-- 704 00:40:38,162 --> 00:40:40,896 this idea that we could somehow advance ourselves 705 00:40:40,965 --> 00:40:43,031 for the betterment of humankind 706 00:40:43,133 --> 00:40:44,733 through this merger 707 00:40:44,835 --> 00:40:48,470 of technology and biology. 708 00:40:48,572 --> 00:40:50,239 CHILDRESS: I think that what will happen 709 00:40:50,341 --> 00:40:54,142 is that our biological bodies 710 00:40:54,211 --> 00:40:56,245 will be able to be perfected, 711 00:40:56,347 --> 00:40:59,214 any imperfections corrected. 712 00:40:59,316 --> 00:41:02,084 Our mental abilities and lifespan 713 00:41:02,186 --> 00:41:04,620 will be enhanced considerably. 714 00:41:04,722 --> 00:41:08,323 And we will be ready, ourselves, to go into space 715 00:41:08,425 --> 00:41:12,427 and ultimately join our creators in the stars. 716 00:41:17,234 --> 00:41:20,135 NARRATOR: Is it possible extraterrestrials left us 717 00:41:20,237 --> 00:41:22,170 with the tools to mold ourselves 718 00:41:22,273 --> 00:41:24,973 into a truly transhuman species... 719 00:41:27,211 --> 00:41:28,810 ...one without any limits, 720 00:41:28,912 --> 00:41:32,748 capable of traveling the stars at will? 721 00:41:32,850 --> 00:41:36,685 Or could nanomachines, artificial intelligence, 722 00:41:36,787 --> 00:41:41,390 and the digital revolution render humans obsolete? 723 00:41:41,492 --> 00:41:45,294 Our lives and the very nature of our existence 724 00:41:45,396 --> 00:41:48,964 may balance on this choice, 725 00:41:49,066 --> 00:41:53,402 a choice that is coming much sooner than we think. 726 00:41:53,504 --> 00:41:56,505 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS 727 00:41:57,006 --> 00:41:59,006 sub-rip romulus70 728 00:41:59,056 --> 00:42:03,606 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 57181

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