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Actually, in the Star Trek series, this very point was brought up by Dr. McCoy.  Personally, since we don't have this "equipment" yet (but believe it or not, they're working on it), we don't have a concrete basis with which to begin that particular debate other than as a completely academic thought experiment.  As such, the concluding sentence (as quoted above; not the last sentence of the original post) ultimately either postulates the existence of a "soul" (for lack of a better word) or your desire that that be the case.  Palerider kinda' said something about wanting to steer clear of that aspect to the subject matter that this thread is supposed to be about.