The mortality of human beings hardly enters her mind. If the dreams could be such vivid and real with details, it is only subject to our capability of properly preserving the brains can the eternity be finally reached. Once only being a thought experiment, ‘Brian in a vat’ depicts such possibility of connecting a supercomputer to a disembodied brain suspended in a vat of life-sustaining liquid, and simulating electrical signals identical to what would be received in reality. As a result, absolutely conscious experiences would be maintained without the actual presence or connection to real objects or events in the world. She has her company now, in running such business of preserving the lives of millions or more. When asked about her ultimate vision of launching such ambitious project, she talks about compassion, about regrets, rather than the avarice of the human kind. The brain is such delicate storage device built up by year of experiences of a person, among all walks of life, being a carpenter or a Hierarch. During one’s lifetime, a writer might be able to record down some words on a notebook, a professor some wisdom on his students, and an artist some ideas on her sculptures. But for some other people, very unique and different stories might never have a chance to share with many upon death when all the data is deleted from the decomposing brain. The preserving of the brain thus a life is more significant to other lives than to itself, when the brains are all connected to the central supercomputer that does the final collection and is the training machine of all. The life experience of a single brain would then be recorded, analyzed, and eventually compensated by the resulting simulation that brings up moments that were absent but strongly desired in its lifetime. She calls it the ultimate connection of the mankind.
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