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Albeit, aren't we already existent amidst a simulation?

Fortunately this is impossible. You cannot copy a running program. You can keep a brain alive in a jar forever (the hardware the software runs on), but you can't transfer running software from one machine to another.

You must not have heard about VMware or VMotion, it's their killer app. There are alternatives from other hypervisors, but I believe VMware was the first to do this.

The brain isn't a virtual machine!

What if the brain could be replaced incrementally with synthetic neurons using some sort of nanotech? Is it the same mind when it's done? This is a variant of the old Ship of Theseus paradox[0].

Another question - can the "program" of the mind be stopped, then resumed?

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

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