Category Flesh Body

Why Copying Your Conscience To A Cyborg Body Won’t Work

In recent years, both science fiction and real-world science have explored the tantalizing idea of transferring human consciousness into machines, raising questions about identity, continuity, and the nature of self. Movies like Chappie, Transcendence, and Black Mirror illustrate how humans may one day achieve this, but they also leave us with a deeper, more troubling question: Can a copy of your mind ever really be you?