Related to that are Searle's "Chinese Room" argument and the question of "Mind uploading" (can you up/download mental states): https://plato.stanford.edu/entrie

Related to that are Searle's "Chinese Room" argument and the question of "Mind uploading" (can you up/download mental states): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/#ChinRoomArgu https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-room/#ChinRoomArg... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading and Chapter 8 about Mind Uploading in https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo-Pereira-Junior/publication/319206916_Hypotheses_about_the_Integration_of_Cortical_Activity_Psychological_and_Physiological_'Binding'/links/599b6ba1aca272dff128f0e9/Hypotheses-about-the-Integration-of-Cortical-Activity-Psychological-and-Physiological-Binding.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alfredo-Pereira-Junior/... The related Reddit conversation https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2ew9i2/would_it_be_possible_to_replace_every_neuron_one/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/2ew9i2/would_it...