On naturalism and consciousness

[Surgenator]

I make the distinction between the brain and mind. In my view, the brain is the hardware, and the mind is the software. This distinction has nothing to do with "desperate [..] wish for personal immortality." It's a praticle distinction.

Fare enough but practical to what purpose? To facilitate discussion or describe a supposed reality? I find myself wondering too if the mind is accepted as the software, how easy is it to re-program it and how easy to wipe the 'hard disk' and instal a new OS?

In my view, the brain is the collection of neurons; the mind is the processes that run on those neurons. So a mind can exist on other mediums if we know what processes/algorithms need to run.