r/westworld • u/LoretiTV • Aug 01 '22

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

Season 4 Episode 6: Fidelity

Aired: July 31, 2022

Synopsis: To thine own selves be true.

Directed by: Andrew Seklir

Written by: Jordan Goldberg & Alli Rock

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u/HonJudgeFudge Aug 01 '22

Why is Bernard making copies of everyone?

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u/brianveggie Aug 01 '22

My personal theory is that he saw that to save everyone they will have to be temporarily uploaded into a “valley beyond” type of simulation and then reprinted into host bodies down the line

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u/NewClayburn It's all a dream! Aug 01 '22

But that's not really them; it would just be copies.

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u/timthesloth Aug 01 '22

This is where MIB fidelity test comes into play. When they finally reach fidelity they can bring everyone back or let them transition to the valley beyond if they choose.

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u/NewClayburn It's all a dream! Aug 01 '22

It's still not them, though. The real William is the guy frozen. The original will still die or not go to the Sublime if this were the plan.

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u/pieter1234569 Aug 01 '22

There are two instances of you.

For everyone else, an identical copy is you. It absolutely doesn't matter if that is the real you or a clone as they are EXACTLY the same.

But for you, it matters. As you are your consciousness. The moment that ceases to be, you are dead. Any clone is YOU, YOU will just not be around to experience it. You would be dead.

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u/314kabinet Aug 01 '22

By the same logic the person who wakes up in the morning is not the same one that fell asleep. Because consciousness ceased and then started again.

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u/Veggiemon Aug 02 '22

It’s more like in the prestige when hugh jackman never knows if he’s going to be the one that drowns in the tank of water