The answer is unknown.
Quote (TheInferno @ Nov 16 2011 12:56pm)
Lets say for arguments sake technology catches up and this procedure is possible..
The answer to this question would be revealed by the process of developing the technology that would make it possible.
Whenever the research was done that taught us how to retain the brain and move it to a different body, that same research would by definition be bringing us the knowledge of the answer to the question