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Comment author: Thomas 10 February 2012 09:49:38AM 0 points [-]

It's the same thing, as I understand. Two identical copies are two different people.

Comment author: James_Evans 12 February 2012 11:43:14PM 1 point [-]

The root of this might be in determining what is "identical".

If you have two identical copies and one is destroyed/hurt, then the copies are no longer identical.

Perhaps in this case, and maybe others, two identical copies of people can be worth one, until something changes them, eg getting destroyed.

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