Did we just have the same thought?

One might worry that by cloning a human being’s body, we may be cloning the person whole. However, one must wonder, does the mind get copied as well? When a clone is made, a body is "created", so to speak. That, by the way, is terrifying enough to scare most people; playing God. Anyway, this clone’s body might be identical, but the mind could be a whole new thing. "Wiring up" a mind is such a complex thing that even genes cannot predict what the mind’s first thought is going to be, let alone the thought of a lifetime. Even IF, and this is a BIG IF, you could copy, synapse for synapse, a mind and place it in another mind, you would have, for an INSTANT, and identical mind. However, let’s say neuron A fired in mind A, but did not in mind B, you would have 2 different minds! Over the years, this misfire of a neuron in mind B could grow and eventually you would have 2 TOTALLY different minds. For a clone, it’s probably even more so, as they begin "life" at 2 different times, not just 2 different places. Over the years, the differences in their minds accumulate until what you have is 2 totally different minds.

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