Art linked a very interesting article in this thread
here.
Here is the situation - please choose an option.
Option 1) You continue to live life as it is now, with a physical body experiencing all things physical - including sex, pain, ect. You would live a typical life span.
Option 2) You basically are relieved of your physical self and exist only as a consciousness. Using the previous link as an exampe, you would be - in effect - a brain in a jar. However, you would be able to live for eternity and have access to any informational resources out there - such as the net, libraries, ect. to aquire knowledge.
Based on these short descriptions, which would you choose - and why?