Philip Goff

we are embodied creatures and we relate to one another through and with our bodies. But it is consciousness that defines the identity of the person.

Fundamentally we know a person in terms of their feelings and thoughts, and the quirks of their personality.

Perhaps one day in the future it will be possible to survive the death of the body by uploading one’s mind onto a computer, making it possible to talk to grandma via email long after her body has rotted in the ground.