What is so mysterious about human consciousness?

[napoleon_in_rags]

35. I'm really not suggesting either way, I'm raising a fundamental question:

Is YOU that which arises from a configuration of brain cells, or are YOU tied to certain pieces of material?

The question has a clear analogue with computers. Are YOU software, meaning that you can be the same regardless of what hardware you are running on, or are YOU hardware, meaning that once the material that makes you up is gone, you are gone? In the case of the former, an exact copy of you will be YOU, just as Windows 7 is Windows 7 regardless of what computer its on, or a photo of you is the same photo of you regardless of which phone it is on. In the case of the latter, and exact copy of you will NOT be you, because you are tied to the particular atoms which compose you.. you are the hardware, the computer. If your software is copied, its somebody else.

I'm asking a fundamental question. You're saying that an exact copy of you would not be you, which means that your self is not encoded in your brain in any way, but rather is attached to the uniqueness of the particular atoms that compose your brain.

If I have a logic problem here, patiently explain it to me, because I think I'm right on this one.

PEace