The legend of Microfarad

I have an idea for how immortality is achievable. It is not especially novel or different from some previously conceived mechanisms for cheating death, but I do have a few ideas which depart somewhat from these previous notions. To oversimplify, the process would involve downloading a copy of the brain before death and then emulating its behavior. This brings up multiple questions such as whether downloading the brain is actually possible, whether the emulated copy is actually a way to cheat death or if it's simply a way to make a good copy, and what life would be like after death of the corporeal form. My idea addresses all of these problems, and more. The short answer to these questions is as follows. I believe a form of brain downloading would be possible, even without detailed scans of the brain or destructive scanning (slicing the brain in thin layers to determine its structure), which I find risky and obviously immoral. I believe I have also determined a mechanism by which the emulated copy would be a continuation of the individual's life, not simply a new copy of that life. I also have a notion of what life would be like after death.

Here are some key aspects of my thinking:

I believe it is possible to achieve certain transhumanist goals, particularly cheating death and achieving a posthuman condition.

My philosophy of consciousness caters mostly to a mechanistic view, but I do not ignore the importance of vitalism as well.

I base most of my approach on methodological reductionism, but not to the point that the problem of brain emulation is reduced to perfect emulation of physical reality, which is unfeasible given current and likely future technology.

To say much more would be to give away my approach to the problem. If you're interested, E-mail me.
micro.farad2@gmail.com

This isn't science fiction. There's a good possibility that this kind of technology will be available in our lifetimes. Researchers have already used destructive scanning on half of a rat's brain and accurately emulated it in a computer. As technology becomes more powerful and less expensive, the only barriers left will be discovering how the brain works, how to emulate it, and how to download it. My approach solves the last of those barriers while largely minimizing the first.