Do you think science will ever develop a cure for death? Here is one possible alternative. Do you know of any others?
A cure or the illusion of a cure creating not a human mind in a machine but, rather an intelligent machine pertending to be a human mind.
If Kurzweil's vision comes true then our entire consciousness will still exist. I have no moral misgivings about having a bio/machine body if the only other alternatives are living in a vegetative state, cryogenic suspension, or being dead forever. Who knows what the future holds? Perhaps one day science will develop full biological regenerative capabilities. That being said I will gladly temporarily live in any configuration until some utopian design is accomplished.