Mind Downloading

• “Getting into my new body -- without destroying the computer that I am now… making that transition is the most critical phase. But if I make it, I promise you that I will not be frightened by the strangeness. Because I know that I will have loving friends around me, cherishing me, keeping me alive, not letting me hurt myself nor be hurt -- while I am learning to be a flesh-and-blood.”

• Heinlein, Robert A. Time Enough For Love. New York: Ace Books, 1988, p 238.