Cidentireplica memory argument
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The Cidentireplica Memory Argument is the argument that a cidentireplica will have the exact same memories as the original has. The experimental proof of this is the behavior of a cidentireplica will be exactly the same as is it's original. As a result when the original is asked any question the answers he gives will be exactly the same as the answers that the cidentireplica gives because the behavior of the cidentireplica will be identical to that of the original. Any questions about what the original has done in his life will be memories to the original, and the cidentireplica will respond exactly in the same way. Whether the original has accurate memories of past events in his life or not the cidentireplica will respond with the same correct or incorrect answers about these past events of the original's life. The simple concept of duplicating the original's body's structure and functioning duplicates information about the original memories whether or not the cidentireplica experienced these memories or not. Since there can be any number of cidentireplicas of any original and the cidentireplicas do not have to exist at the same time or place as the original does, memories that the original had can be duplicate throughout space and time.
How do we know that the cidentireplica is actually experiencing these memories in the same way as does the original? Just because the cidentireplica is responding exactly the same, does not mean that his consciousness is identical to that of the original. Since any number of cidentireplicas can exist throughout space and time and then they can diverge from the original's structure and functioning at any time thus becoming videntireplicas of the original, many different experiments can be carried out about self reflection on the how memories are experienced by the videntireplicas. There are a very large number of potential videntireplicas that can diverge from the structure and functioning of an original at any point in the life of the original. these can be so closely like the original that they continue to behave identically to the original. The minute that a different question is asked of the cidentireplica than is of the original the behaviors can become very different between the original and cidentireplica or now videntireplica. The diverging videntireplica will still have the memories of the original or other cidentireplicas of the original.
The Cidentireplica Memory Argument can be falsified through experimentation with the use of diverging videntireplicas.
Cidentireplica Memory Falsification Argument
See also: Videntireplica memory argument superimmortality awaretheory