Comment by mrob

10 days ago

There is no symmetry. The original existed when the clone did not exist.

Irrelevant.

The argument itself is symmetric, it applies just as well to your own continued existence as a human.

  • Only if you deny the reality of consciousness being tied to a physical substrate.

    • Incorrect.

      To deny that is to assert that consciousness is non-physical, i.e. a soul exists; the case in which a soul exists, brain uploads don't get them and don't get to be moral subjects.

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