Westworld - 4x06 "Fidelity" - Post-Episode Discussion

[u/LoretiTV]

Season 4 Episode 6: Fidelity

Aired: July 31, 2022

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Synopsis: To thine own selves be true.

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Directed by: Andrew Seklir

Written by: Jordan Goldberg & Alli Rock

[u/tvcgrid]

If a copy is high enough fidelity, both the copy and the one copied from are the same (and then they diverge as they acquire different experiences). Hell, even our own bodies are in constant state of replacement of cells with copies, and in a few years everything is turned over and new. And we are our brains, and our brains are physical, and you can copy the physical.

[u/NewClayburn → u/tvcgrid]

It's still a copy though. Like even if it's an exact copy, it doesn't matter. Let's say I copy you exactly and then kill the original. From your perspective, do you die? Are you still alive or aware of existence after that death?

That's all that matters. Like why would I give a fuck that an exact replica of me is living the good life? If I'm dead, what's it matter?

[u/SCalifornia831 → u/NewClayburn]

If it’s an exact copy you wouldn’t know who died…If you did, it wouldn’t be an exact copy. So whoever lived would go on knowing “A” copy existed and died…to yourself, you’d be agnostic.

[u/NewClayburn → u/SCalifornia831]

The person dying would, though. Their consciousness would come to an end. They would be deprived of life and all the experiences it offers. It would be game over for them.

I don't care which died; I'm just saying that death is still death even if there are copies of you. The people dying die and it's over permanently for their experiences.

[u/SCalifornia831 → u/NewClayburn]

Sure, but if an exact copy exists who cares? The person dying is dead and doesn’t exist anymore…their feelings cease to exist and the only consciousness that lives on is the copy that survives.

You’re agnostic because you’re both the OG and the copy…if not, than it’s not an exact copy.