> who's in the box and who's on the stage doesn't really matter provided you knock yourself out before doing the transfer and don't wake up later. It might not

> who's in the box and who's on the stage doesn't really matter provided you knock yourself out before doing the transfer and don't wake up later. It might not matter to the new entity, it might not matter to an observer, but in that situation you've just killed the human, who is very much dead. > Of course, if you were really worried you can hang out till the high-tech "neuron by neuron replacement" process happens I think that's the only way that I would consider it a real transition, rather than a copy and a death.