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Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind
MIT Tech Review·October 15, 2026·1 min read

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Scientists explore six experimental approaches to preserving or extending human consciousness beyond the physical brain, examining the nature of self-awareness and identity. These concepts investigate how the mind's complex neural networks might be perpetuated through emerging technologies and scientific methods.
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Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense of self-awareness or to pin down precisely where that…
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