ELECTRIC MEAT
Dualists hold that the body and soul are seperate entities and the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body. Monists contend that the body and soul are the same and that death of the body - the disintegration of DNA and neurons that store our personal information - spells the end of the soul. Until a technology is developed to preserve our patterns with a more durable medium than the electric meat of our carbon-based protein (silicon chips is one suggestion), WHEN WE DIE OUR PATTERN DIES WITH US.