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Comment author: lucidfox 20 December 2010 03:44:38PM 0 points [-]

Given that the copies (we suppose) use the same thought algorithms at the forking point, it may be helpful to imagine yourself as either version in such a scenario, or mentally roleplay a dialogue between them.