Re[2]: Conciousness [OT]

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AG> Given that [1] and [2] are completely true and have occurred so
AG> that one persons memories etc were copied into a robot with the 
AG> needed hardware, would that robot suddenly 'know' itself
AG> as once being a human and now is a robot?

No. It would know it once occupied a human body, but it now occupies a
robotic body.

AG> Would that robot really "BE" that same person?

Of course. Who else would it be? :)

We are our brains. Our bodies function simply to provide input and
transportation for our brain. Whether this body is of flesh or of
metal probably doesn't matter.

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