“Your consciousness will be uploadable within 50 years”
Agree
- Brain mapping is progressing rapidly
- Computing power grows exponentially
- Consciousness is just information
- Money will drive development
- Immortality is irresistible
Disagree
- Consciousness can't be copied only killed
- We don't understand consciousness yet
- Physical brain is required
- Upload would be a copy not you
- Technological limits exist
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