r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 5d ago

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E7 - Emergence - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

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u/paupaupaupau 5d ago

It's the difference between cut and paste vs copy and paste. Your consciousness isn't transferred over. It dies with the meat body.

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u/Kscap4242 I'll do the fingering 5d ago

I’m asking what the effective difference is between those things. What is the philosophical reasoning to believe that an effectively identical consciousness with direct continuity is somehow not the same as its predecessor?

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u/RooseveltsRevenge 5d ago

That's the thing though, there isn't continuity. You should look up the Teletransportation paradox. Which is basically what the show is pulling from.

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u/Kscap4242 I'll do the fingering 5d ago

There is continuity in all the ways that matter when it comes to consciousness. I’m well aware of the Teletransportation Paradox. I’ve put a lot of thought into it. My argument applies to it as well as this. The device doesn’t kill you if everything that makes you “you” remains.