1. The document discusses how Charles Darwin would view advances in digital reproduction and uploading consciousness to non-biological substrates based on his theory of evolution through natural selection. 2. It argues that Darwin would see digital reproduction and forms of artificial life as natural extensions of evolution that could promote survival by allowing replication with fewer limitations than biological life. 3. The document proposes that beme neural architecture (BNA), which allows digital encoding and reproduction of human consciousness, could be a superior form of self-replicating code according to Darwinian principles by facilitating indefinite life spans and adaptation to new environments.

1. On the Destiny of the Species What Would Darwin Think 150 Years After ‘The Origin of the Species’ Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. TransVision07 Chicago, IL 2007-07-25 2300 GMT

4. If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. --- Old Chinese Proverb

7. Terminology & Analogies Behavioral expressions like moving DNA-defined neural paths Learned ways to use neural paths Human Example Input/Output aspects such as display Logic circuits burned into chips Operating system; Applications Computer Example Hardware Firmware Software

8. Why Do We Have So Many DNA Codes if the Code is Just Suppose to Replicate Itself

27. Cyber Sapiens ...We will no longer be Homo sapiens, but Cyber sapiens--a creature part digital and part biological that will have placed more distance between its DNA and the destinies they force upon us than any other animal ... a creature capable of steering our own evolution.... Chip Walter. Thumbs, Toes, and Tears, Walker & Co. 2006. Excerpted on KurzweilAI.net on October 25, 2006.

34. Could Multiple Copies Destroy Autonomy? Artwork by: Kristina Abraham <http://www.kristinabraham.com/Straight%20Off%20the%20Assembly%20Line.jpg>