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trying to help a Hinge match understand that a digital copy of their brain being uploaded doesn't mean they're immortal now because they don't "get" to be the copy and their meat body will still die someday and really understanding why Catherine just gave up trying to explain that to Simon in SOMA

It's not even like hard to grasp. There's no reality in which the you that exists now won't die. That's fine, actually! There's a few billion people before you who've all done it and they turned out fine* *results may vary depending on religious and philosophical outlook

Yea that was part of the joke

idk it feels a little unfair to compare boomer style nihilism a la"I got hit as a kid so it's inevitable/fine for everyone else" to "every human who has ever existed so far has been mortal and will die and we're no exception, copying yourself won't prevent the you that you are from dying"