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Originalness argument

From Aware Theory

The Originalness argument is that you have to have the property of originalness of object of an itobody or itocomponent to produce the same ixperiencitness over time. The implication is that each original conscious being produces a unique ixperiencitness. This is because only the original has the originalness property thus each different itobody of a conscious being cannot produce the ixperiencitness of another itobody.

Awaretheory argues and predicts that there does not have to be originalness of object for the same ixperiencitness to be produced.

For most material things they do not need originalness to produce the desired result. For instance, a TV does not have to be the first original TV to produce television shows. The broad range of televisions sets that have been produced proves this. The quality of a television show changes as the television changes. A small black and white TV produced in the 1950's is very different than the 80+ inch flat screen TV produced today. So why does a body have to be the original body to produce the same consciousness and ixperiencitness? A consciousness can be unduplicateable because it is to complex to duplicate. This appears to the be case with human bodies today with our limited technology. But human are reproduced easily by other humans.

Awaretheory states that originalness is just a property that has limited connections and influence on the ixperiencitness produced by a body. As a consequence, you do not have to have the property of originalness to produce the same consciousness and ixperiencitness in another body. Awaretheory predicts the same matter can be part of producing many different consciousnesses and ixperiencitnesses over time.

A different version of the Originalness argument is the It's Only a Replica Argument.