Speaking Korean, I live here for 4 years already and despite pushing moderatelly to learn it, I don't speak it at all. Everything I learn I forget very fast again.
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Time travel
If I could have something magical: I'd like to be able to accelerate my thinking so I can have as long as I want to think things through
If it's gotta be real: easier to use memory, I feel like I have no idea what's going on bc I forget shit, but it's not forgotten I just didn't remember that memory at the right time even though I had it..
Talking to people hasn't been going well lately
Following your lead: mystical/magical healing abilities, for self and others. Mundane, photographic memory.
Ability to play the guitar like Gilmour, EVH, Page and Hendrix.
Download more RAM. My working memory is shit (ADHD).
You will just be more (less?) Efficient and being efficient.
Whatever skills would result in what the deep mediators to control autonomic functions like heartrate and could mimic death. I don't just want the control thing though I want the whole kit that comes with it which would likely have some martial arts. figure like and ideal shaolin type of thing.
Medicine. If I could get an upload to make me an instant doctor, that would be amazing.
I want to understand, intrinsically, and be able to manipulate to my liking, all the financial systems of the world.
At worst, I'd quickly become a well-paid accountant. At best, I'd become an extremely talented, untraceable, modern Robin Hood.
I've thought about that a lot. If I won a near bn or more lottery, could I stay grounded enough, after hiring a reputable financial planner, to found a Montessori school of high global academic standards or free health clinic, including pharmacy, that includes plant medicines, organic foods diets, where appropriate, and/or a smaller side project or two? Or would I be irresponsible and do an Elvis-type thing for my primary caregiver and for my child that's still in my life, rather than set them up with a trust, so they would be able to be truly financially independent, should their spouse pass before them? It's easy to think the best of ourselves until the moment of truth arrives. I'd hope I'd be financially responsible, hire the planner, give to my community in a meaningful, probably anonymous way (because of sudden best friends clamoring for Fendi bags and Lambos), and buy myself an old Volvo or Audi, dependable and unostentatious.
Read and write all languages. Be it swahili, mandarin, latin, hieroglyfs, python, c++ or java. ;)
The ability to deal with the rush and then persistence of negative feeling whenever anything bad happens, my routine is thrown off, or even I have to do something I'd rather not, because I do not cope well with any of those, and it causes me to shut down.
The usual advice is to "bury it", "hold it" or "suck it up" for some unspecified later time, but that was basically my old coping mechanism and It Does Not Work™ any more.
So I'd like the upgraded version of that. Whatever it is. Preferably a version that won't break or occasionally malfunction (we call those "Warning signs", kids) like the original one did.
The upgrade is get a good therapist, and that can be trickier, more or less depending on your place of residence. Someone who can help you gather new tools and the skills to apply them. I wish you the best.
Polyglotism. Being able to speak every language would be practically a superpower.
This is a neat idea until you're in a situation where you remember 38 different words for a thing, just not the one in the language you need
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If I had that technology, I would upload everything available on file. The common fictional notion that you could "fill up" your brain is wrong.
Soooo..... you think the brain has unlimited data storage capacity?
The plasticity of the brain also gives it near unlimited storage capacity. There's a great episode of Curiosity on what obstacles would have to overcome to achieve immortality, and one of the topics it goes into detail on is brain capacity and functionality.
Like Lucy? Without the self destruction that comes with that scenario, absolutely!
you will need to give me a bit more. the only movie I can think of had a chick with telekinesis and shit.
Telekinesis, telepathy, time travel, no pain. That's the movie.
just to be clear when we say unlimited we are saying infinite. I do not believe for one second it has near unlimited/infinite storage in an incredibly limited volume.
There are different types of infinite. I don't get the idea that Kolanaki means more than the brain could handle.
There is only one type I know of. What are the different types?
Lots and lots and lots. You can find a ton of great information on it, but I'll leave this historical explanation for you as a primer:
And another short video, because it helps to see different explanations of math:
ok I think its clear he meant storing an infinity amount of information with "gives it near unlimited storage capacity." Its clearly not an infinite splicing of a finite type of thing. It seems to be the more common usage of infinite. Honestly I would argue its really not a different type in that the set is finite but the subdivisions are not and ifinite is only refering to the infinte part so storing a value for every infinte cut takes infinite storeage. He is responding to the idea that all knowledge we have now and all future knowledge could be put into the brain ala mastering skills like kung fu.
I moderate amount of control of my mental health
The ability to upload any ability into my mind that I can think of and be amazing at it.
Shashahshaaa!
Runs away and throws pocket sand
Found the guy that wishes for more wishes
How to people.
I have great ideas and am horrible at explaining them.
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The ability to perform high level mathematics and computer science tasks including programming languages and logic.
Is Charisma an uploadable skill? If so, I'd love to upload the entire library to displace my Charisn'tma.
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Playing the piano, or just singing at a professional level. Would be amazing to know, but takes years of constant practice and teaching to learn.
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Ability to fold a fitted sheet.
Ok, that would also be a great mundane wish for me!
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"I know how to make myself do the thing I planned to do."
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