Replicas

Identireplica

An identical replica. A body whose structure and functioning are identical to yours at a moment in time. The simplest case the theory examines.

The Identical Replica THE IDENTICAL REPLICA A perfect copy is made — what happens? A scenario that probes what you actually believe about identity 1 Original you reading this sentence 2 Replica formed identical structure & functioning 3 Both conscious each produces ixperiencitness 4 Which is "you"? both. neither. the question is wrong. ?
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An identireplica is the core concept behind superimmortality: a body whose structure matches yours closely enough to produce your consciousness. It does not have to be made of the same atoms, or in the same place, or connected to you by any causal chain. What matters is the match in structure and functioning.

The identireplica concept has several subtypes - continuing, fragmented, enhanced, instantaneous, and others - each capturing a different way that structural identity can be achieved. But they all share the key feature: a body with the right structure produces the right consciousness, which is your ixperiencitness (the quality that makes your conscious experience yours).

What this means

Any body with the right structure is an identireplica - and an identireplica produces you, regardless of where or when it exists.

From the awaretheory.com wiki (advanced reference)

The word identireplica was created for the purpose of having a complex concept named. It is a replica, It is a clone. But it is much more than that. An identireplica is an exact functioning replica of an original. It will also have the exact same structure as the original. So it has identical structure and functioning as the original. There are no requirements that it will continue to have the same structure and functioning as the original after it is created like a cidentireplica does. When its S&F becomes different from that of the original it becomes a videntireplica. The process is called citodivergence. When the S&F of the videntireplica and the original become more alike the concept or process is called vitoconvergence. One of the important uses of the concept of the identireplica is in giving a point of convergence or divergence for originals and cidentireplicas.

Cidentireplicas will have identical behavior as the original does have. They will also have identical consciousness. And most importantly they will have the same Ixperiencitness.

Ixpeidentireplica is an itobody that has the same ixperiencitness as it corresponding original or originals.

The different types of identireplicas are cidentireplicas, videntireplicas, fidentireplicas, isoidentireplicas, bioidentireplicas, enhaidentireplicas, musidentireplicas, insidentireplicas, tridentireplicas, nrgidentireplicas, comboidentireplicas, simidentireplicas, itoidentireplicas, and ixpeidentireplicas. Other types of related itobodies are originals, idoriginals, coriginals, and icoriginals.

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Douglas, M. (2026). Identireplica. You Never Die companion site. Retrieved from https://volney.co/concepts/identireplica.html
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