Digitizing your brain: Sci-fi pipe dream, or scientific possibility?
Imagine you’re nearing the end of your life. Your situation is dire, but you’re not ready to let go. Modern medicine can’t help you, so scientists digitize your brain and transfer your consciousness onto a computer so that you can continue on in the digital realm. Perhaps, as seen in theBlack Mirrorepisode “San Junipero,” you’re transported to a digital city where you can mingle with other digital versions of people and live out your life as if nothing ever changed....