Why shouldn't the consciousness be able to be copied and recreated? In a purely scientific sense, it is only the result of complex interactions of chemicals and electrical impulses; there's no inherently 'spiritual' aspects to it.
Besides, copying someone's consciousness does not make them or the copy any less individual. While their pasts and basic personality traits may be identical, the process of learning and developing will cause both of them to become different as time passes. Surely these theories are not unusual to you, if your people have had any experience with alternate dimensions or cloning theory; even humanity in its current stage has contemplated these ideas.
While creating a copy of one's consciousness is possible, and has been done several times in the past, altering memories or personality traits is rather more difficult. The complex interactions of memory often mean that major changes, such as causing someone to believe that they are a completely different person or species than they actually are, are more easily detected by the mind. So, if you're worried that somehow you've been altered into believing you're something you're not, then I would say that its highly unlikely.
I highly doubt that any vaunted 'natural order' is going to cause you to cease to exist, however. And even if you are a clone, you're a unique individual now. Claiming that those who were created from the use of cloning technology, or that would not be here if it were not for the ability to create a backup of our consciousness (and I include myself in the latter) are merely shadows of the original is insulting, much in the same way that people assume that as I am mostly cybernetic, I must be a robot and not a 'real' person. Or in the case of my own people, who consider me 'flawed' for desiring to understand more about other races.
However... [here the writing becomes more hesitant, like he's uncertain if he should continue or leave it at that] as a close friend once told me... We all know, deep down, who and what we are. It's important to hold onto that, despite the... difficulties that may arise.
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Besides, copying someone's consciousness does not make them or the copy any less individual. While their pasts and basic personality traits may be identical, the process of learning and developing will cause both of them to become different as time passes. Surely these theories are not unusual to you, if your people have had any experience with alternate dimensions or cloning theory; even humanity in its current stage has contemplated these ideas.
While creating a copy of one's consciousness is possible, and has been done several times in the past, altering memories or personality traits is rather more difficult. The complex interactions of memory often mean that major changes, such as causing someone to believe that they are a completely different person or species than they actually are, are more easily detected by the mind. So, if you're worried that somehow you've been altered into believing you're something you're not, then I would say that its highly unlikely.
I highly doubt that any vaunted 'natural order' is going to cause you to cease to exist, however. And even if you are a clone, you're a unique individual now. Claiming that those who were created from the use of cloning technology, or that would not be here if it were not for the ability to create a backup of our consciousness (and I include myself in the latter) are merely shadows of the original is insulting, much in the same way that people assume that as I am mostly cybernetic, I must be a robot and not a 'real' person. Or in the case of my own people, who consider me 'flawed' for desiring to understand more about other races.
However... [here the writing becomes more hesitant, like he's uncertain if he should continue or leave it at that] as a close friend once told me... We all know, deep down, who and what we are. It's important to hold onto that, despite the... difficulties that may arise.