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Thought Experiments Tour

Replicas, teleporters, anesthesia: the cases that test your intuitions.

Each scenario is a controlled test of what you actually believe about identity. Walk through them in order.

01
Identireplica
The basic case: a perfect copy of you, made right now.
02
Cidentireplica
The continuing replica, and the paradox it creates.
03
Videntireplica
A diverging replica that drifts away from you.
04
Test for originalness argument
How would you tell which one is the real you?
05
Fidentireplica
A fragmented replica. Only part of your consciousness survives.
06
Enhaidentireplica
An enhanced replica with capabilities you do not have.
07
Isoidentireplica
The same you, in different matter.
08
Insidentireplica
An instantly formed replica with no causal continuity.