Imagine that it is 2024 and you have just had your 22nd and final brain implant leaving you with a 100% synthetic brain. You now fully understand both Special and General Relativity as well as Bell's Theorem and you have started making major contributions to Tabast Theory (Tachyon Based String Theory or TBST).
Question: Are You YOU?
Question: If so, do you claim you are conscious?
You’re asking about a version of the ship of Theseus paradox. You can see some relevant arguments here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
Personally. I think you’re still “you” as long as you never stop being you. It’s like saying if I am able to take a pill which makes me instantly have the body if Mr Universe, am I still the same person? I think I would be,