#clone vs robot

[quasinonymous]

What would be most fucked up

Finding out you're secretly a fairy

Finding out you're secretly a walrus

Voting ended onApr 7, 2024

[therealraewest]

One thing about the robot vs clone discourse I've seen that makes 0 sense to me is people saying they have to kill their clone. Like??? That person might share your DNA but they're their own person they're not about to take over your life bc odds are they have their own. If you had a surprise twin would you go on a murder quest to eliminate them?

I know Nightvale's Kill Your Double was a whole thing but I'd rather chat with my clone about mental health and nature vs nurture in an attempt to commisserate on Why We're Like This

[endy-manny]

Thinking back to that tumblr poll about wether i'd be more surprised to find out i was a clone or a robot, and it's really fascinating to think about.

Because both would come as a shock, and both would make us doubt what it means to be a human.

Clones of animals already exist, but it is only their outside appearance. If I were a clone, i would be asking what type. Is it just my body that was cloned, like those animals? And if yes, why? By whom? Or is it also my mind? Would my memories even be real? If i am made of flesh, but made artificially, then what am I? Am i cursed to live the rest of my life not knowing who i am, or what happened to the 'real' me?

And the perspective of a robot is just as interesting. Because am i a robot, or a cyborg? I would consist of flesh and metal. Do I have a brain, or is it all just code? But who's to say the normal human brain isn't also working on lines of 'code'. With hormones and certain stimuli which activate part of our brain, maybe it would be the same for me, but with zero's and one's. Would I really be considered 'less' human, just for having metal parts? If I am a robot, why make me flawed? What is the point of creating a robot that is exactly like a human, and then not treat it as one? Who are my creators? Do my parents know of this? Do I have free will? Do any of us have it?

So many philosophical questions. So few with concrete answers. The amount of existential dread would be near unbearable, but it is so intriguing.

[navalhada]

The post about if ypu find that you are a cline vs if you find out that you are a robot really undermines the fact that people in this site actually want to turn to robots. Like i have seen so many girls longing to be robots and how wanting to be hacked for weird sex reasons, or just wanting to get rid of their flesh.

[odinspattern]

Look guys, it isn’t about what is scientifically possible or not.

If I am a robot sure, it opens up questions like why I am not seeing the benefits, and can I download bigger bazoonkas or longer hair, but I’d assume it was an experiment of sorts and move on quickly.

If I am a clone, then that opens up so many other questions. Like. Why did they want a clone, and for what purpose? Organ harvesting?

I got some health issues that are mostly benign all in all but still there, like acid reflux, lactose intolerance, and different vision on both eyes just to name something. Was that on purpose or just bad fucking luck?

And why tell me now? I am in my thirties. Do they need my organs now? Does my family know? Is this goodbye?

And most importantly. There is a person who I am the genetic copy of. A whole-ass person. That is wild. Can I see this person? What are our similarities. Will we get along? Do they resent me? Or accept me?

Ultimately it is the possibility of seeing nature vs nurture in perfect action.

So yeah, personally I am team clone.