This article seems to pretty well refute the arguments presented in the paper: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8of/ray_kurzweil_and_uploading_just_say_no_n

This article seems to pretty well refute the arguments presented in the paper: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8of/ray_kurzweil_and_uploading_just_say_no_nick_agar/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8of/ray_kurzweil_and_up.... I would like to see a response by the author to the counterarguments presented therein.