Our bodies and minds get replaced bit by bit over time. We're ships of Theseus[1] -- changing all the time, but still the same entity throughout. Mind-scanning

Our bodies and minds get replaced bit by bit over time. We're ships of Theseus[1] -- changing all the time, but still the same entity throughout. Mind-scanning your consciousness and pouring the resulting Copied Intelligence[2] into a computer and / or a cloned body[3] is not the same thing. That's more like building a copy of Theseus' ship, nailing the name-plate from the original onto it, and claiming it's still the same ship. It's not. ___ [1]: Or for simple guys like me, George Washington's axes. [2]: CI may exist some day; about "AI", I'm still in doubt. [3]: Or an android body, or a pickle-jar on Mr Burns' desk.