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A clone of you, isn't you, it is by definition a copy. You do not possess their memories when they do something else, you do not control them, you do not have
by laputan_machine 4y ago
A clone of you, isn't you, it is by definition a copy.
You do not possess their memories when they do something else, you do not control them, you do not have their consciousness. It isn't you. When you cease to exist you do not "live on" (in the physical sense) through them, you are dead.
- wruza 4y agoThe idea I mentioned is hard to explain in a comment, but I’ll try to message the essence, at least what works for me. Which is, there is a chance (and further reasoning bases on it) that we all don’t feel as a single entity only because we are physically separated by low-bandwidth channels, e.g. visual, auditorial, text. Opposed to parts of our brains, which are connected by high-bandwidth links. This creates an illusion of self, while we all are actually the single phenomenon divided into islands. Under this idea the thing that matters (to some) is your own physical structure, not from which eyes specifically “you” are looking at the moment, because “you” are everywhere. Some call it the hard problem of consciousness, or a part of it, but details may heavily vary. Hope that provides a glimpse into it. Added: also curious, from your perspective, do you really die when Scott “beams you up”?
- laputan_machine 4y agoYeah it'd be cool if we could live as a super organism like ants or bees. As to your question: Yes, to me, logically, your body is atomised and then remade. You die, then a clone appears. To everyone else. you are the same, but you, the original you, is dead. Pretty harrowing when you think about it