Im usually sceptical to theories like that, but im not aware of his arguments, so i will read up on that.

Its not! And yes it might all be created by consciousness, that is a comoelling theory. But to me it does seem like a neurological phenomenon.

I don't have an answer to that, i mean we haven't yet worked out the working of the "mind", so how do you upload it and expect a mind to be uploaded. In the future, maybe if we figure out how it all works, it might be possible.

But dont you think there should be a mind for an illusion to exist?

I understand what you're saying, but the the fact that consciousness is created by a bunch of cells is a bit ambiguous, of course there is a bias in what "I'm" saying.But you are probably correct.

That is what i am most compelled to think. a body producing a mind, but that makes my 'mind' 'wander' over questions that largely concern biology, which is probably where the answer lies.

Yes that is what i am compelled to think, and what the first option i gave means actually. So what to you is 'thinking'?

Well what if you think of it this way, your brain which most likely controls thought and who we are as a person,is dependent on other essential parts of your body. Therefore,if you for example suffer cardiac arrest,your brain will,in fact die after a while.So i suppose we can narrow it down to to the brain. You are right in saying, that if the brain dies, it is the the communication between the cells that has ended,the cells are still alive by themselves.Which implies that maybe your consciousness is merely an illusion created by a mass of cells,and nothing significant.But i have doubts about this interpretation. What are your 'thoughts' ?

Well,actually the only thing you can be sure exists is yourself. If your friend says," I think, therefore I am" , you cannot conclude that he exists! You can be sure you exist because you know you think. But you cant be sure that your friend thinks, even if he says so. So Harry Potter saying he thinks, does not prove it because you do not know that with certainty. Hence your existence is the only you can trust ( probably...).