Consciousness in the universe has been developing for the past 14 billion years since the big bang. We humans, the carriers of this consciousness, are at the present stage of evolution, and have not reached our final form. The perception of our duration is a natural step in our future progress. We are made of the same energy and matter of which the planets and stars are made. The notion that we use only 10% of our brain capacity might also reflect the fact that we know only that amount of the universe. The discoveries of the worlds within and without are interconnected and interdependent. The ability to sense our optimal duration is a latent capacity in us, currently unknown, as the introduction of fire, the invention of flying, and the discovery of radio waves were before we revealed them.
More from BIL 2011
- "A Thousand Words" — Steve Payne
- "Cyborg: Space, Kybernetes, Ship, Man, State, Art, Craft" — Ross Bochnek
- "The Needle in the Haystack" — Paul Bohm
- 3D Computer Vision & the Kinect — Matt Bell
More on Health & Longevity
- 10 Weird Tricks to not Die — Romeo Stevens ▶ video
- A Dietary Anti-aging Protocol — Josh Whiton ▶ video
- A Garage-Level Biomedical Research Effort is Taking on Death — John Schloendorn
- A New Basic Human Skill — Richard Gordon
