One day: Brains on a microchip

http://news.com.com/2100-11395_3-6071404.html

I would be interested in the debates on this subject. Imagine being able to backup your brain or copy it to some device. Knowing me, the device will go nuts and kill me. I think we're fast approaching this kind of stuff or things like Ghost in the Shell.

I don't think I'd want to replace my body parts just yet. Until we can get prosthetics that perform at or better than the human counterpart, this won't happen.

That's actually directly taken from Battle Angel Alita.

Interesting but think if it was actually possible to for example back up your brain, yeah that would be cool idea but what for? would you really want to remember every bad experience that you had over again or better yet back up that memory? or how about if you accidentaly died in a plane crash are they going to put your memories in a Computer or place it in another body like the movie 7 days, even if that would be possible then would your Soul ( if you are religious ) follow your memories to your new body and if it didn't would you still be considered human?? i got even a better one let's say they can do all of that back-up your memories, create a new body (cloning) and put your ass back together wouldnt motherfuckers like Osama BinLaden just back up his memories and thoughts and shit make 3 or 4 copies of himself ( full working Osamas V3.4 ) yeah i can picture it already its bad enough that 1 is planning another terror atack but 3 or 4 of them now how is that Food for Thought. some things are better off left alone....

It is coming.

Think about what you are saying in another angle. If there are terrorists in the future, all the people that are killed can be brought back to life, or would have never died in the first place.

People need to die. It is part of life.

*cough* bullshit! *cough*

Given the choice, I think I'd put off death as long as possible.

This may be the only way that interstellar space travel will be possible in the future given C as the maximum speed limit.

Anyone ever read any Charles Stross?

I agree with the death is part of life.

Without death, what is life? I'm not the kind of person to get into philosophy, but that's what I feel.

Though, in your example, I would err on a long life span, but people need to die eventually. Crostasis sleep is a thing to use as well.

They'll figure out how to open wormholes eventually.

Besides, physics has proved constants wrong in the past...