Presuming technology has advanced to the point where transferring a consciousness to a machine form is possible, it can be presupposed that the power and mainte

Presuming technology has advanced to the point where transferring a consciousness to a machine form is possible, it can be presupposed that the power and maintenance requirements would have been worked out in parallel. The main thread of discussion is interesting enough to set aside quibbles about support technology that would have to be developed in tandem for it to be a viable process.