Time Leaps

Troy Titor

Troy Titor

Chrono Cadet
Would it be possible to condense our memories into the form of data and send them back in time?

Let's say the me of 2046 decided he wanted to time leap back to 2010. To do this, he compressed his memories into an incredibly small amount of data, and sent them via cell phone back to 2010 through a Kerr Black hole (or whatever theory suits your fancy). The memories are then transmitted from the past me's cell phone into the temporal lobe of the me of 2010. As our memories from before the future memories arrived should be exactly the same, no serious amnesia would occur, save for the few seconds it took 2010 me to answer his phone.
 
Although it would make for a great story plot, the idea might be somewhat dangerous. Memory development occurs in a our brain as specific amounts of proteins, neurotransmitters and electric fields coalesce around conscious experience, it is a process which occurs progressively as the "Now" is being processed in our physical brain. If someone is to actually "download" information into a brain a person might need the specific amounts of proteins, neurotransmitters and electrical currents that will make up such memories. If you are able to send a signal through a cellphone the process might take more than a few seconds, probably even hours, and it would exhaust the physical brain, possibly even hurting it.
 
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