this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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In the moment of copying, they're the same, after that, they're diverging through different experience. The difference in atoms/location is irrelevant from the perspective of that person's consciousness. They both are the original in any sense that counts for them or others.