# No Brain, Never Mind by Christof Koch > "No brain, never mind. Once my brain dies, unless I can somehow upload it into the Cloud, I die with it." > **— Christof Koch**, *Nautilus interview on consciousness* ## Sources and Context - **Interview and contiguous statement:** [The Spiritual Consciousness of Christof Koch](https://nautil.us/the-spiritual-consciousness-of-christof-koch-238327) — Koch connects his claim that mind requires a brain to his own mortality and the hypothetical possibility of uploading. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Digital Minds|Digital Minds]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "No brain, never mind. Once my brain dies, unless I can somehow upload it into the Cloud, I die with it." — Christof Koch, Nautilus interview on consciousness https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-christof-koch-no-brain-never-mind ```