How far are we into understanding the brain and nevous system? Will singularity happen?

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I heard about blue brain, and There is the Russia 2045 plan for immortality. Think back about 50 years we really had none of the stuff we have today and all of a sudden all this stuff is exploding. Video games were low graphical started from 2D flatness, then came sprites, low res 3D higher res 3D, and getting more realistic. I remember being a kid and wishing games were how they were in the cartoons all cinematic and I never really realized when they actually DID. We now have tablets mini computers getting extreamly powerful and Ray kurzweil is right about technology getting better smaller and cheaper. I think he may be right about the coming singularity. And russia 2045 may just acheive it. Its hard to believe but I think it might just happen. No i definetly think it will happen just didn't know if it will happen in their aloted time but looking back at how stuff change in our short amount of time makes it possible. Think. Stuff have gotten this good? how much better can they get? I've heard we have gotten monkeys to "Feel" objects and textures in virtual space. Do Scientist no alot more about the brain then they have let us know so far? I think they may have and just not have told us much yet. I think we may really have Virtual reality nervous system. That will be a big hit in the internet world wide. The world itself will change simply because of that. What do you think?
So say we manage to simulate the brain. Does that mean we can have things like virtual reality and augmented reality in the nervous?
Well guys. If we come to understanding his. I hope to meet you when and if we become neo humanity in 2045. It will be fun. Living in your virtual world on different planets, etc. I guess in a way we will become mini gods. Does that mean if we get even more advanced then we will just keep getting better and better? If there is a god. Could it be that he or them were simple people that simply transended their own world, like we are soon to accomplish. Hmm.
Lol uiry I don't think you should tell all the secrets if your telling the truth :P. One thing I really want to experience is the virtual reality aspect. Being able to become someone else. Being able to hang out with your friends as if they are really beside you touching them. Online dating and relationships will be very common. Sex will change. Maybe marridges will last longer because in virtual reality normal human limitations are gone. I really want to live to experience it. And If I die or we die. I really don't think we are dead forever. The brain create conciousness but i believe the energy thats used to power it is what makes you. You may not be the same person or even the same species when you return, but you will be back, everything in this universe is one I believe we are not truly destroyed. Also other dimensions are all so that can be another thing. I guess im talking about reincarnation in a sense. Just because we don't have the proof doesn't mean it doesn&

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("How far are we into understanding the brain and nevous system? Will singularity happen?")
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Absolutely!

The human brain is yielding its secrets to neuroscientists at a tremendous rate, thinks to the human genome project. There is no question that the human brain can be "fully" simulate at some point in the very near future.

The Russian quest for significantly extended human life time by 2045 is well within the framework of rational reasoning. The human life span could be increased considerably using nothing more than today science and technology; the big problem is getting past people's fears of letting go of the status quo, and moving forward in a progressive way.

Scientists are not likely holding back information from the public. The public are not being encouraged to seek out new information about current scientific breakthroughs, thinks to business and religion.

See: New Genes Linked to Brain Size, Intelligence
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120415150123.htm

See: Electronic hippocampal system turns memory on and off, enhance cognition
http://www.kurzweilai.net/artificial-hippocampal-system-restores-long-term-memory

See: "Virtual body technology" lets users walk in someone else's shoes
http://www.gizmag.com/virtual-body-technology/25547/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7f5d40e5b2-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

See: How to build a bionic Man
http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-build-a-bionic-man?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=dc88c5c026-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

See: Watch a Translucent Fish's Brain Light up, Literally
http://www.technewsdaily.com/16690-translucent-zebrafish-light-up-brain.html

See: Scientist Read Dreams
Brain scans during sleep were successfully used to decode some of the visual content of subject's dreams
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-read-dreams&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121022

See: Word-of-Mind ... Decode Words from the Brain's Auditory Activity
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=word-of-mind-researchers-decode&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_MB_20120704

See: Can you build a human body?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17235058

See: 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal
http://www.kurzweilai.net/2045-the-year-man-becomes-immortal?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=eb5ae180fe-UA-1&utm_medium=email

And this is just an tiny, tiny sample of the kinds of scientific breakthroughs that are happening right now today. There's much more to come.

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I experience derealization. How can I make it go away or deal with it without the overwhelming fear?

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I get very afraid of death and 2012 and life in general. I start thinking the craziest thing and sometimes get verryyy weirded out by normal body functions and natural things. I sometimes look at myself wrong in the mirror and get extremely freaked. How can I deal with this!!!!!! :(

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In the year 999, many people believed that the coming of the millenium would be the end of the world. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! Similarly, with 1999: IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! And Y2K and the computers crashing: IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! And when the planets lined up: IT DIDN'T HAPPEN! Now, it is 2012: IT WON'T HAPPEN!!!

Derealisation is addressed in section 46, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris Employ those techniques. Only use a small hand mirror to check appearance, so just a small part of the body may be seen at a time, yet anything wrong will still be immediately apparent; cover (taping over/painting) full length mirrors. It is important to regularly monitor, and deal with a negative internal monologue (self talk), or mental process, such as disturbing thoughts, images, impulses, or emotions, by the process of (a): recognising it, and (b): challenging it immediately.

Technique For Re-Programming Negative Thoughts: When you notice something negative, such as: "I'm never going to get over this!" or: "Why am I always so pathetic/useless/such a loser?" or even: "I can't do this/will never get over this!", even an image, emotion, or a memory; recognise that this is being generated from the negative part of your mind. Having identified and labelled it, visualise a large, red, flashing, "STOP!" sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: "I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!" You may want to use either: "ruse", "ploy", "game", or "trick", instead of "tactic". In the case of an image, visualise a large "STOP" sign, or your preferred version. Some people go so far as to keep a wide rubber band in their pocket, then put it around their wrist, when they catch themselves backsliding, stretch and release it, as a method of reprogramming their mind sooner, but I don't regard it as being strictly necessary.

Remember to remove it, afterwards, if you use this method. Try replacing a negative thought with a positive affirmation of your choice, like: "I am a unique individual, with my own set of skills, and good points", or "I may not be perfect, but I'm doing the best I can, right now". Imagine, as vividly as you possibly can, that your concerns, anxieties, worries, fears, your self-recriminations, all the agonizing "I'm-so-Stupids," and "I'm-too-fats"; every painful "I-can't-I-have-it" or "I-can't-do-it"are huge raging, hurtful bulls snorting and charging at you. You see them coming at you and you hold out your red matador's cape at arms length and simply let them charge right by. Every time they come at you, hold out your arm with the red cape and let them rage and snort and go right on past. Practice the progressive muscle relaxation, in section 11, at ezy build.

Set yourself a specific time period for worrying about anything, (say; around three quarters of an hour, possibly when you get home, or after your evening meal, but not too close to bedtime) after which, resolve firmly to refuse to even entertain the thought of worrying again on that day: realise and accept that to do otherwise would be counterproductive to your mental health, and enjoyment of life. You will have had your "worry time" for the day, and can just write down any more thoughts that come to mind, and say to yourself: "Well, I'll just have to worry about that tomorrow, won't I?".

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