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Prospects for Immortality: A Sensible Search for Life After Death (Death, Value and Meaning)

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This was a great read. I gave it 5 stars for the hypothesis alone but, in my humble opinion, the author did not address an interesting paradox associated with "copying" consciousness: If I am to believe that I am a unique individual in the entire universe(s), then copying can only be acheived if the original is destroyed--otherwise, how could there be multiple versions of me if I am unique? I have had insights that have led me to consider the possiblity that the brain is a type of transmitter/receiver, and that the physical body a type of remote operated vehicle (ROV) like a Mars probe or deep sea submersible. In this context the actual Self could already be located in subatomic space and living out a perfect vitual reality via the physical body. Transfer of data is all that occurs, and physical death merely means and end to the data stream, just like when a Mars probe goes "dead". The virtual reality of this system is so convincing that the Self actually relates/identifies with the physical body in its environment and fears death, pain, etc. This is a mere sketch of my thoughts on this matter and I am nowhere near finished thinking about it. I thank the author for this inspirational book that has accelerated my own thinking. And if I misunderstood what he said in his book and there is no paradox to address, then I humbly appologize to the author.