# Consciousness Might Ultimately Become Light by J. D. Bernal > "Finally, consciousness itself may end or vanish in a humanity that has become completely etherealized, losing the close-knit organism, becoming masses of atoms in space communicating by radiation, and ultimately perhaps resolving itself entirely into light." > **— J. D. Bernal**, *1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh”* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [J. D. Bernal, “The Flesh,” complete chapter](https://bactra.org/Bernal/flesh/). The closing image is an expressly speculative far horizon, not a physical model of implemented consciousness transfer. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Post-Biological Embodiment|Post-Biological Embodiment]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The World, the Flesh and the Devil|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]] - [[wiki/Post-Biological Embodiment|Post-Biological Embodiment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Finally, consciousness itself may end or vanish in a humanity that has become completely etherealized, losing the close-knit organism, becoming masses of atoms in space communicating by radiation, and ultimately perhaps resolving itself entirely into light." — J. D. Bernal, 1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bernal-consciousness-light ```