WizardTwo
Not too sore, are you?
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.. I don't think anybody is objecting to you having this point of view. It's a known philosophical position on consciousness that is reasonably credible.
And having fears about it, given that you have that view, is perfectly logical.
But the whole question of what the correct position is, is not settled. Thus, when you say that Theo's attitude is wrong, you have made a false statement. There are other credible philosophical positions on this topic, and Theo appears to hold one of them.
Maybe that position is incorrect, but barring author fiat 'consciousness works X way in my story', both of you have equal credibility -- neither position is obviously wrong, but nor is either position clearly correct.
I didn't say that though. In fact, the whole trust of my argument was aimed at people OTHER than Theo, and that I thought it was a little odd that they were willing to kill him to revive Zack.
But then Tanari explained how this healing was working, and how sting works, and I withdrew my objections.
The only statement I can think of which you may be referencing, is the statement that a clone is a new person in the sense of the continuity of the concious. Which it is. If you accept that continuity of the concious is necessary for a someone to be the same person. The counter argument was simply that some people didn't think this was the case.