reply to Stryderunknown
that was an interesting reply. if experience (memories) result in physical changes in the brain structure (shape, perhaps?), then, could it be copied. For example, as computer technology advances, one can imagine mapping exact dimensions of a brain, using some type of magnetic resonance technology. also, as tissue culture technology advances, one can also envision growing a brain in culture, that would have no experience as it's isolated from environmental stimuli. Then, if one could affect the cultured brain in such a way that it would have the exact dimensions of the mapped brain, would they then be interchangeable? would the cultured brain then have the stored memories of the mapped brain?