u/selenedream6

**CONTEXT (skip if you want lol):** Hey all! Been a lurker on here and other similar subs for a while. I’m in the process of writing a (very) hard sci fi story with the aim of having it be akin to the space epics of Dune, Star Wars and Mass Effect while still retaining a firm grounding in real-life chemistry and physics. I think the idea of a vast space epic whose events are governed and deeply impacted by the laws of real physics as we currently know them is an endlessly fascinating idea. What I mean by this is that many of the sci fi conventions we take for granted (like interstellar travel or harnessing the power of stars through Dyson-style arrays) and the engineering challenges that come with these elements is a core part of the story and the worldbuilding.

A big part of my story has to do with people transferring their consciousnesses from their brains into a physical medium like cortical stacks in Altered Carbon (except I don’t want it to be space magic like it is in that story). For my story, this idea shows itself as a semi circle “plate” that slots into a cradle between, and thus interacts with, the two hemispheres of the brain.

The solution I’ve come up with with what I currently know about physics as an amateur enthusiast and bonafide nerd, at its core, goes like this: Cool the brain down to an extremely cold temperature not too dissimilar to a Bose-Einstein condensate, and then while all the particles are moving as little as they can (as far as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle allows), you would then somehow command the subatomic particles (in this context: protons, neutrons and electrons) to move in wave form into the “plate” and then let them settle back into particle form there.

**So what I’m asking is what would, from a material and engineering perspective, be needed to execute this? (My story takes place 100 years or so in the future so I’m willing to take some light liberties with computational power and energy requirements naturally)**

Also if I’ve made some false assumptions in the very nature of my question, PLEASE CORRECT ME! I’ve been working on this project for about a year and I’m very passionate about it. I’m excited to discuss all these cool things with you all :)

Preface: This is not based on some AI-assisted BS theory or whatever. None of this was made by or with the assistance of AI so I shouldn’t be violating any community rules

CONTEXT (skip if you want lol): Hey all! Been a lurker on here and other similar subs for a while. I’m in the process of writing a (very) hard sci fi story with the aim of having it be akin to the space epics of Dune, Star Wars and Mass Effect while still retaining a firm grounding in real-life chemistry and physics. I think the idea of a vast space epic whose events are governed and deeply impacted by the laws of real physics as we currently know them is an endlessly fascinating idea. What I mean by this is that many of the sci fi conventions we take for granted (like interstellar travel or harnessing the power of stars through Dyson-style arrays) and the engineering challenges that come with these elements is a core part of the story and the worldbuilding.

A big part of my story has to do with people transferring their consciousnesses from their brains into a physical medium like cortical stacks in Altered Carbon (except I don’t want it to be space magic like it is in that story). For my story, this idea shows itself as a semi circle “plate” that slots into a cradle between, and thus interacts with, the two hemispheres of the brain.

The solution I’ve come up with with what I currently know about physics as an amateur enthusiast and bonafide nerd, at its core, goes like this: Cool the brain down to an extremely cold temperature not too dissimilar to a Bose-Einstein condensate, and then while all the particles are moving as little as they can (as far as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle allows), you would then somehow command the subatomic particles (in this context: protons, neutrons and electrons) to move in wave form into the “plate” and then let them settle back into particle form there.

So what I’m asking is what would, from a material and engineering perspective, be needed to execute this? (My story takes place 100 years or so in the future so I’m willing to take some light liberties with computational power and energy requirements naturally)

Also if I’ve made some false assumptions in the very nature of my question, PLEASE CORRECT ME! I’ve been working on this project for about a year and I’m very passionate about it. I’m excited to discuss all these cool things with you all :)