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If you got accidentally duplicated, do you think your copy would try and kill you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In media, there are sometimes stories where a person is cloned/duplicated (usually with identical memories) and the clone is murderous towards the original. Usually it's something like "I knew there could be only one of us, and you would do the same". Sometimes, they're able to work things out and can share a single public identity, or duplication gives one copy a chance to do go off and live a new life that they always wanted.

How would you and your duplicate get along? Assume you are living like you do today, in a society where duplication is unheard of and has no legal precedent.

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[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Me and my clone will be allies. I don't know if we could get along well enough to cohabitate, but we would definitely help each other.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nope. There's a plan in place for that.

What? I do a lot of writing, this kind of idea isn't new, so I've thought about how it should work.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I also would bang the clone.

[–] finkrat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No actually we would probably be really sweet to each other and understanding. I am not naturally very competitive or hostile.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

They might. But I wouldn't want that.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

More likely himself or we would be arguing about who should get to die.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty nice. I think it'd take some more intense circumstances like in Dark Matter before I or a copy of me wanted to kill anyone. I wonder if I'd be ok with taking turns for time with loved ones.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Is it narcissistic to think that having a clone would be awesome as hell?

[–] dnchshrp 1 points 1 week ago

nah, if it's an exact copy of me why wouldn't it just act like me?

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure I could kill someone truly unmistakably evil, let alone someone I can emphasize strongly with. If my duplicate gets that too, they aren't killing me.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah I’m pretty chill so imagine clone me would also be chill.

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