it's me? not me?

Justina 2022-01-25 08:04:07

It must be admitted that watching this movie requires a lot of patience and not afraid of tangled thinking. It brings me back to that old topic again, how does human self-awareness work? If consciousness can be cloned at will like the body, how can we keep a clear mind and know exactly what we are?
I just finished reading a book on Tianya not long ago, "Recording Mysterious Events in China", which also has a copy of memory and consciousness. The main difference between humans and animals is that they have a unique self-awareness and can think about who they are and the meaning of life. Once the human body dies, where will the consciousness go? This is something that all living people cannot imagine and reason. Science fiction movies and books continue to give us such an imagination. If consciousness can be copied, it means that after the body dies, consciousness can be copied to the next individual with the memory, even if the new individual has nothing in common with the original one. The copied individual brings new consciousness and memory, and naturally becomes the already dead person, but since he also had his own consciousness before being copied, the copied entity actually has two sets of consciousness. . Therefore, this person has already died, but in fact is still alive. Consciousness is really wonderful, blurring the boundary between life and death.


No matter how to think rationally, I actually envy the two Sams chatting like friends at the end of the film, sharing the same self-awareness and memories, having the same dreams and love, that kind of self-evident sharing Happiness, isn't anyone looking forward to finding the resonance of the same kind?
According to my habit, record my favorite lines here:
"I can't kill anybody, you can't kill anybody, you can't, I know you can't because I can't. You are a good guy Sam . It was a good plan but you know you pick the wrong guy who'll back"
"You...you sure about this?"
"Yeah, you.. you should..be travelling... I'd like to travel...To Veit Nam"
"Yeah, I..I'm thinking about Hawaii... you know, Mexico"
"Aloha !"...

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Moon quotes

  • Sam Bell: Well then I'm goin back, that's it for me.

    Clone #2: Pfft!

    Sam Bell: What?

    Clone #2: Is that what you really think?

    Sam Bell: Yea, I've got a contract... I'm, I'm goin home.

    Clone #2: You're a fuckin' clone, you don't have shit!

    Sam Bell: Hey, I'm goin home!

    Clone #2: You're not going anywhere! You know you've been up here too long man, you've lost your marbles. Whuddya think, that Tess is back home waiting for you on the sofa in lingerie? What about the original Sam, Uh?

    Sam Bell: I'M THE ORIGINAL SAM... I'M SAM FUCKIN' BELL, ME! ME!

    Clone #2: Hey, whoa!

    Sam Bell: Gerty, am I clone?

    GERTY: Are you hungry?

    Clone #2: Hey, hey... don't get your fuckin' panties in a twist. I'm in the same boat, asshole!

  • Sam Bell: [crying] I wanna go home.