Supposing you have all the core information... Just because you have a copy of the brain at one point in time (or a better copy, which uses data from several points), this doesn't mean that the "new you" will be able to learn (where "learning" is distinct from "acquiring new data"). Assuming, of course, that you'd like to "live on" instead of simply existing.
It would be interesting, though, to see what differences in, say, moral choices, would show up in a comparison between the human brain and the computer copy.
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Supposing you have all the core information... Just because you have a copy of the brain at one point in time (or a better copy, which uses data from several points), this doesn't mean that the "new you" will be able to learn (where "learning" is distinct from "acquiring new data"). Assuming, of course, that you'd like to "live on" instead of simply existing.
It would be interesting, though, to see what differences in, say, moral choices, would show up in a comparison between the human brain and the computer copy.