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Re:Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented by card_zero on Sunday September 20, 2026 @11:36AM (#49776898)
No, there's a difference, in that my clone would get PTSD or some similar trauma as a result, which is a waste of a large part of that clone's life. In the version where I'm drugged into forgetfulness, I've only wasted a day, for science and profit.
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Re:Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented by ajuc on Sunday September 20, 2026 @01:00PM (#49777624)
PTSD and other results of trauma do not require a memory of the thing happening to you. In fact often people don't remember the thing that caused the trauma.

It's enough that your nervous system adapts to the unsafe environment. It doesn't have to know why.

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Re:Weeping whales: Stillborn humpback whale grieving documented by card_zero on Sunday September 20, 2026 @01:08PM (#49777714)
Oh yes, I daresay. I mean to include that sort of thing with "memories" anyway. The drug might not be physically possible in reality.
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