Do we really care so much about our physical bodies as to define ourselves by them?
If I were to upload the contents of my brain into a machine that was able to accurately emulate my mind, wouldn't that machine have equal claim to being me as I do? I think it would, and I'm ok with this. Everything that I use to define myself is there, my thoughts and feelings, so in a way there are two versions of myself now, both equally valid. If one of them is made from much more durable stuff then all the better! God luck to him/me on his/my longer lifespan.
Yeah. I mean, I probably wouldn't feel the same way, because there are some physical things that define me. Little nervous tics I've gotten, that remind me of who I am.
Also, I think you might be forgetting about boobs. (Or Dicks, for most you girls and some of you guys out there.)
How would sex be affected?
I mean, I like technology, but my iPod doesn't get me up. I like humans, and I kinda feel like transferal of the soul to a computer would be... different. I mean, a physical mix wouldn't change anything about the person, just like prosthetic limbs don't change who a person is. But a completely different body, a completely different
type of body... I don't know man. I'd be content with my good ol' fleshy body, if it means I'll be able to love. A computer... well, you have to remember computers don't have hormones...
Yeah, y'all can go off and have your mind-orgies and all that. I think I'll just stay here.
But don't forget to write!