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[lindagarrette]

Certainly there is no mind separate from the body. But the brain alone may not constitute consciousness. The central nervous system and to whatever extent is can reach is part of the process which is direted by the cerebelum which directs data to the grey or white matter for storage I suppose you could start taking parts away bit by bit of your body but at what point would the individual cease to exxist? There is a lot of redundancy in out brain matter and an ability to regenerate a lot of abilities. It's like an interconnected multi-server network. It is now gupposed that the cerebelum is actually a central processor and does not actually store information and it has to have access to various body parts and senses for it to be meaningful. To me that means some minimum of body attached to the central nervous system is reuired for you to be you. In my opinion that procludes the possibility of transfering memories to a machiner or another body with the intent of carrying the person along. The most rediculous extreme is the possibility of a soul or spirit that can exist independently from brain and magically be reimplanted at a later time after the body dies.