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Date:	05-17-07
Host:	George Noory
Guests:	Clifford Pickover, Douglas Hagmann, Tim Hamilton

Futurist and author Dr. Cliff Pickover(1) discussed his new novel, The Heaven Virus(2), which explores spiritual technologies for the 22nd century,virtual universes, and immortality. His story takes place at a simulated shopping mall populated by people who have taken an "afterlife chip."
The option of transferring our consciousness into a computer/android could create a kind of immortality and may be scientifically feasible down the road, said Pickover. It will begin as a gradual process of replacing parts of our body with mechanical components, eventually leading to "becoming one with the machine," he forecasted.
Simulated environments such as Second Life (see below) will become more immersive in the years to come, and with enough computational power these virtual worlds could seem as real as real life. Interestingly, he suggested, that it's possible that we're existing now in a simulation that we aren't even aware of.

1. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/home.htm
2. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/heaven-virus-book.html

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Clifford Pickover has explored the idea of virtual universes. Pictured is a virtual cavern(1) in which he modeled the dripping process from a synthetic cave ceiling. He has also spent time in Second Life(2), an online virtual universe. View images(3) of Pickover and reporter Eureka Dejavu in this realm. 1. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/cave.htm 2. http://secondlife.com/ 3. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/cliff-eureka.html

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4.	Clocks Coldplay	5.	Fanfare for the Common Man Emerson, Lake & Palmer	6.	Hey You Pink Floyd
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16.	Only Time Will Tell Asia	17.	The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby	18.	Throwing it all Away Genesis
19.	Tuesday Afternoon Moody Blues	20.	What Is Life George Harrison