The
problem I've always had with this (
intriguing) idea is that the original container for
consciousness, the
brain, usually needs to be taken apart for
consciousness to be transferred to a
machine. So the original
consciousness dies, and a carbon copy is set in the computer...While the 'new'
consciousness wouldn't be able to tell the difference (seeing as it had all the
memories throughout the
transfer), the '
donor' would be
dead. So it wouldn't be
life after death, or
eternal life, but
mind storage instead. That's also my problem with the
Star Trek implementation of
transporters...but that's for a different
node, I think...
update after inspiration from KitLo: That too. The body is not a receptacle for the brain; the mind doesn't control your arms and fingers with a system of pulleys or something. The brain and body make a person, who has a mind...Perhaps taking the body off of the brain is as damaging as taking the brain out of the body.