Transferring Consciousness To Machines - May 06,2014

In this re-airing, blogger Sacerdotus speaks on the attempts being made by some scientists to transfer human consciousness to machines. The idea has been presented in Star Trek, The Next Generation, Dr Who as well as the movie "Transcendence." Sacerdotus speaks on this attempt and on the "2045" movement which is funded by Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov who is seeking to make human beings immortal by transferring their minds to robots or cyborgs. Is this really possible? What are the ethics regarding this? Will this cause problems? Sacerdotus tackles these issues with science, moralit and philosophy.