Never Die

The idea of 'life eternal' has fascinated story writers for ages, but to this date a "fountain of youth" has never been found. However, some have proposed that technology might serve as a solution to people's most powerful fear: death. In a brief section from the movie "Robot Stories" technology has advanced such that human minds can be scanned into a computer; thus, providing what could be commonly referred to as eternal life. I agree with a statement made in class earlier today. It would appear that though the mind was copied into a computer, it remains only a copy, nothing more. It did not appear (or at least one cannot assume) that the mind could prolong existence of the entire human being. It would be similar to reoccurring memories that would adapt to different scenarios as they presented themselves via recollection. I would wonder if the copied mind could choose, of its own, will to act any differently according to new experiences.
I do question the mentality of the individual who would want to live forever. Metaphysically, one could make an argument that our being's direction is focused toward one point. All experiences builds toward a final resolve that is the accumulation of our being. We meet this at our deaths. The fear of looking beyond can be eased by the possibility of looking beyond. And from that possibility, is the reality that there is a beyond to be looked at (and experienced).