There&#x27;s a hint of &quot;god of the gaps&quot; about that argument.<p>I don&#x27;t think we know enough about consciousness to even speculate usefully about it.<p>See e.g.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;science-news&#x2F;11144442&#x2F;First-hint-of-life-after-death-in-biggest-ever-scientific-study.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;science&#x2F;science-news&#x2F;1114444...</a><p>And I think uploading has become a bit of a cliche now. If brain copying were possible, then brain merging and direct experience&#x2F;memory sharing would likely be possible too.<p>What if instead of worrying about uploading brains for individual survival, we started turning into a connected colony organism? We already are in physical ways, but our consciousness is lagging behind.