Your feelings suggest that you possess concern for both of them—two different replicated individuals.
Relivers do not have to contend with these questions. [because the original is always dead by the time the reliver is made, and all memories carry over] But they seem to have to make sense of who they are in the world, and their purpose.
Are they their own people? Or are they only meant to follow the footsteps of the person they were created to replace?
[he nods, thoughtful. he wonders if relivers would be the same, if they did not have their memories transfer from life to life. is it not simply just creating another human entirely?]
And yet, it sounds as though the technology exists because they are meant to be replacements for their roles... and so if everyone thought like you, then they would never have been created.
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... About fomicry?
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Your feelings suggest that you possess concern for both of them—two different replicated individuals.
Relivers do not have to contend with these questions. [because the original is always dead by the time the reliver is made, and all memories carry over] But they seem to have to make sense of who they are in the world, and their purpose.
Are they their own people? Or are they only meant to follow the footsteps of the person they were created to replace?
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I never met the original Ion, but... I don't have to, to know that Ion's a different person from him. And Sync's a different person, too.
If they'd gotten the chance to live their own lives, instead of getting forced into some role... things could have been different.
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And yet, it sounds as though the technology exists because they are meant to be replacements for their roles... and so if everyone thought like you, then they would never have been created.
[whoa complicated]
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[ but she still feels strongly about it. she can't help caring about them as deeply as she does. ]