Editing Life extension (section)

==Mind uploading==
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One hypothetical future strategy that, as some suggest,{{who|date=July 2017}} "eliminates" the complications related to a physical body, involves the copying or transferring (e.g. by progressively replacing neurons with transistors) of a conscious mind from a biological brain to a non-biological computer system or computational device. The basic idea is to scan the structure of a particular brain in detail, and then construct a software model of it that is so faithful to the original that, when run on appropriate hardware, it will behave in essentially the same way as the original brain.<ref>{{Cite book| vauthors = Sandberg A, Boström N | author2-link=Nick Bostrom|title=Whole Brain Emulation: A Roadmap|quote=The basic idea is to take a particular brain, scan its structure in detail, and construct a software model of it that is so faithful to the original that, when run on appropriate hardware, it will behave in essentially the same way as the original brain.|url=http://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/Reports/2008-3.pdf|access-date=7 March 2013|series= Technical Report #2008-3|year=2008| publisher = Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University}}</ref> Whether or not an exact copy of one's mind constitutes actual life extension is matter of debate.

However, critics argue that the uploaded mind would simply be a clone and not a true continuation of a person's consciousness.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-your-uploaded-mind-still-be-you-11568386410|title=Will Your Uploaded Mind Still Be You?| vauthors = Graziano M |date=September 13, 2019|access-date=May 19, 2020|newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref>

Some scientists believe that the dead may one day be "resurrected" through simulation technology.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Bostrom N |title=Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? |date=19 January 2010 |url=http://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html}}</ref>