I found it interesting that Dylan felt relieved when he realized it would be his clone being sent planetside rather than him because he didn't want to leave. In reality, at that moment Dylan would be both leaving and staying as his conscious mind would be split. Sort of like Schrodinger's Cat clone-style. So rather than being relieved, he would have to be both relieved and terrified until the moment of separation. Then only one version of him would get to feel that relief.
I found it interesting that Dylan felt relieved when he realized it would be his clone being sent planetside rather than him because he didn't want to leave. In reality, at that moment Dylan would be both leaving and staying as his conscious mind would be split. Sort of like Schrodinger's Cat clone-style. So rather than being relieved, he would have to be both relieved and terrified until the moment of separation. Then only one version of him would get to feel that relief.
Remember, it's the him that got left behind telling us the story, so he's the one who felt relief.
“I feel better, actually,” I say. ”It removes the uncertainty.” Knowing I’m not going anywhere, even if some poor xox sap with my memories is doomed to life and death in a body… it gives me a little security.
It's present tense, so the story isn't told as him remembering it, but as him experiencing it. Therefore, dual apprehension/relief is called for. Now, I'm not saying it was written wrong, or that Wikstrom should change it. I'm merely commenting on how interesting it is that Dylan felt relief that he wasn't going when in reality, he was.
It's present tense, so the story isn't told as him remembering it, but as him experiencing it. Therefore, dual apprehension/relief is called for. Now, I'm not saying it was written wrong, or that Wikstrom should change it. I'm merely commenting on how interesting it is that Dylan felt relief that he wasn't going when in reality, he was.
I don't agree.
I don't think he should be afraid of going outside since he isn't split but rather copied
From Dylan's perspective nothing changes, he probably doesn't even notice it when the copy is made.
What's the difference between being split and being copied? Either way, his exact consciousness at that moment goes in two directions, one to the planet and one staying on the ship. So his relief in that moment is premature because one version of himself is about to discover that he is the version being sent planetside and that is going to suck.It's present tense, so the story isn't told as him remembering it, but as him experiencing it. Therefore, dual apprehension/relief is called for. Now, I'm not saying it was written wrong, or that Wikstrom should change it. I'm merely commenting on how interesting it is that Dylan felt relief that he wasn't going when in reality, he was.
I don't agree.
I don't think he should be afraid of going outside since he isn't split but rather copied
From Dylan's perspective nothing changes, he probably doesn't even notice it when the copy is made.
But like others have said before me, this story was funny in the way of THHGTTG or Red Dwarf