Feb 7, 2016
Neuroscientist Discusses the Idea of Consciousness Transfer From the New Movie Self/less
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, business, entertainment, neuroscience
https://youtube.com/watch?v=evbPZlUoNXA
A new thriller starring Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds explores the idea of transferring consciousness from one body to another. Unlike Freaky Friday, or the myriad of other family movies and comedies that have explored the idea, this one actually explores the science of the process.
In the movie Self/less, a rich business man (Kingsley) is dying of cancer. However, he is able to prolong his “self” by transferring his consciousness from one body to another using a medical procedure called “shedding.”