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Comment author: rabidchicken 22 December 2010 06:24:44AM *  4 points [-]

If you had every cell in your body replaced individually with synthesized cells with identical properties, you would retain your memories, identity, and supposedly your existence. After all, most of your body has been replaced several times already.

How is it different if you take your thoughts and swap them from a human body to a computer? Are you really dead, or just in a glorified full body prosthetic?