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Neuroscientist Kenneth Hayworth believes that he can live forever, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. But first he has to die.
“The human race is on a beeline to mind uploading: We will preserve a brain, slice it up, simulate it on a computer, and hook it up to a robot body,” he says.
He wants that brain to be his brain. He wants his 100 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion synapses to be encased in a block of transparent, amber-colored resin — before he dies of natural causes. 
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As we develop software to help store our life experiences, we begin to share our consciousness with machines. Futurists, such as Ray Kurzweil, believe that one day we will be able to essentially upload ourselves into digital format.
This may indefinitely extend the time period we experience personal consciousness. If your personality is digital, is it 'you?' Will this constitute 'living forever?' And how about the implications for population management, if people fit on hard drives...
Read more abou a new prototype software called Lifebrowser, which uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life...
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