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If you are the version doing the upload, you're staying behind. The other "you" pops into existence feeling as if THEY are the original, so from their perspective, it's as if they won the coin flip.
But the original CANNOT win that coinflip...
But like.. do I care? "I" will survive, even if I'm not the one who does the surviving.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I would. The knowledge that "A" me is out there, somewhere, safe and sound, is uplifting, but it's still quite chilling to realize you are staying wherever the hell you are. At least we die after enough time has passed because our bodies decay.
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The SOMA protagonist wasn't that lucky...Is it chilling? I was already going to stay where I am, whether I made a copy or not. Sharding off a replica to go on for me would be strictly better than not doing that