Basically, what the title says.
Even if we take the best-case scenario (an utopia of a sort) where humans have went beyond their natural borders (Earth), colonized the entire cosmos, defeated death and diseases, distributed wealth among everyone, cured all social problems (so everyone finds him/herself the perfect mate), made everyone gorgeously attractive and unmatched personality-wise, found out that there are other dimensions, an afterlife, different universes etc (or not, which is not really of vital importance here).
Will we still be always subject to our own unique subjective experiences? always separate from the rest of people whom we come in contact with? Always with our own knowledge, beliefs, opinions, theories, etc no matter what? Basically, are we always going to be tied to what our own unique "first-person perspective"?
Someone told me that there is a high likelihood that with future technology we will be able to communicate directly with other people's brains, and thus be able to also experience their sensory perception. This would enable us to have at least a fraction of another person (or many persons) perspective but I can't see how would that be possible... I can't possibly imagine how would I for example be able to retain my unique experiences and couple them with any of you guys for instance..
Any takers?
Even if we take the best-case scenario (an utopia of a sort) where humans have went beyond their natural borders (Earth), colonized the entire cosmos, defeated death and diseases, distributed wealth among everyone, cured all social problems (so everyone finds him/herself the perfect mate), made everyone gorgeously attractive and unmatched personality-wise, found out that there are other dimensions, an afterlife, different universes etc (or not, which is not really of vital importance here).
Will we still be always subject to our own unique subjective experiences? always separate from the rest of people whom we come in contact with? Always with our own knowledge, beliefs, opinions, theories, etc no matter what? Basically, are we always going to be tied to what our own unique "first-person perspective"?
Someone told me that there is a high likelihood that with future technology we will be able to communicate directly with other people's brains, and thus be able to also experience their sensory perception. This would enable us to have at least a fraction of another person (or many persons) perspective but I can't see how would that be possible... I can't possibly imagine how would I for example be able to retain my unique experiences and couple them with any of you guys for instance..
Any takers?