• Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    Why would the “original” be able to perceive itself in two places? Are you able to perceive yourself in the past? That was literally you, yet you only perceive the present. There is no reason why you should be able to perceive a brain identical to yours but separated in space either.

    Also the point is the “original” doesn’t make sense in the first place, both the copy and you would perceive the same thing in your hypothetical case, because you are the same.

    • Wilco@lemm.ee
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      6 hours ago

      No, I perceive the past. It is just not editable.

      You miss the point. I’m saying you could never be in two bodies at once … thus when a copy is made (transporter, cloning, transfer to a digital backup program,etc) … the original dies. The copy is not the original … unless logic dictates that a mind can be in two bodies at once … which it does not.