People say the funniest things. A memory is fairly specific, a mind is still badly defined. Downloading a memory, could be a fairly technical goal, but downloading a mind is a fantasy. I would be like predicting when we will be able to see a soul. We will have a computer sophisticated enough to determine how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Both can be stated, but cannot be answered because souls and angels are a little bit more difficult to put in scientific terms.
Bottom line, download your mind if you like, but don’t let them destroy your body until you are REALLY SURE!!!
DK
There is an Outer Limits where you get teleported across space to another planet. They download all the information that makes up you and then send it at the speed of light and then you are remade. In the meantime they kill you before your copy is sent. Well, something goes wrong and the machine didn’t kill the woman and she ends up begging for her life. I enjoyed the episode.
I just looked it up. It is called “Think Like A Dinosaur.”