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Discuss the between the Copies and the originals

The story follows , a man obsessed with achieving true, eternal immortality for these Copies, who are otherwise doomed to die when their host computer hardware inevitably fails. Core Concept: The "Dust Hypothesis" Permutation City

It is considered one of the ultimate explorations of digital consciousness, merging complex physics and computer science. Discuss the between the Copies and the originals

If a human brain can be simulated, the "pattern" of that mind is what matters, not the specific physical substrate. Written in 1994, it portrays a highly realistic,

Written in 1994, it portrays a highly realistic, terrifyingly plausible 2050.

Permutation City (1994) Author: Greg Egan Genre: Hard SF / Post-Cyberpunk The Premise: Life as a Copy

Egan suggests that the mathematical data constituting a consciousness exists regardless of the order in which the calculations are performed. Even if a simulation is broken into pieces, scattered across time, and computed in a chaotic, non-continuous way ("dust"), the experience of that conscious self still occurs. Key Narrative Features