We wouldn't be fundamentally alone when we can upload ourselves with all of our thoughts I think,(reply>), @Erfan  I see - merging.  So something more akin then to Nerualink?<br><br>Anyway, thanks for the link.  I haven't watched that yet so I'll definitely check it out.,(reply>)," @Andrew Murphy You are absolutely right except what I had in mind was <b>merging</b> instead of diverging so you get the idea.<br><br>BTW if you hadn't watched this video yet I suggest you watch: <a href=""https://youtu.be/4b33NTAuF5E"">https://youtu.be/4b33NTAuF5E</a>",(reply>), @Erfan My understanding of the word 'upload' is to transfer data from one computer to another (often with the implication that the target device is of larger capacity).  If you upload a video to YouTube, the original file remains on your hard drive until you delete it, meaning that there are now at least two copies in two physically different locations.<br><br>Similarly, my understanding of 'uploading' one's mind involves a future in which some machine could (ideally) non-destructively scan your brain and make a digital replica/simulation/copy that would then be stored on a computer or the internet, independent of the organic original - i.e., you.  So then there would be your biological self (the original) and the digital version (the copy).  And immediately, the two minds would start to diverge as their experiences differ.<br><br>identity), the self that the flesh-and-blood you subjectively experience would continue to be just as 'alone' as you are now.,(reply>), @Andrew Murphy wait a minute why any upload will still be a ‘copy’?,(reply>), Any 'upload' of the self would only be a copy, which would immediately start diverging from the original to become something else.  The original you will still be left as 'alone' as you are now.