Thinking (or thoughts) are different from consciousness. A simple experiment can tell you this.
Sit silently and observe your mind. You&#x27;d see thoughts keep on popping up, if you don&#x27;t indulge with them, each would fade away quickly. If you do indulge, you get on a ride of similar chain of thoughts. This riding is termed as &quot;thinking&quot;.<p>IMO the neuron pathways that exist in our physical brain are determined based on &quot;rides of thoughts&quot; we have taken in our life so far.
But there&#x27;s no visual or physical proof to locate the consciousness that does this observation and takes the ride.<p>So uploading brains means uploading only &quot;the experiences&quot; you have got in your life but as long as the rider isn&#x27;t there, these are just mere memories with no further rides possible.