On John and the Meaning of Life...
Sep. 5th, 2004 01:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflyI've been thinking about John and the nature of existence.
Now, the two 'John's are equal and identical, yes?
If this is true, if they were truly twinned and not one twinned out of the other, the question to ask is not which is the original John, but if either are.
Because one of the things mentioned in the episode is that eventually, if twinned too much, the twins degrade.
This suggests that though each of the new 'John's is equal and identical to each other, neither one is equal or identical to the original John.
Thus the original John died when he was twinned, and the two 'John's born from his material can be seen as clones or as descendants.
Now, the two 'John's are equal and identical, yes?
If this is true, if they were truly twinned and not one twinned out of the other, the question to ask is not which is the original John, but if either are.
Because one of the things mentioned in the episode is that eventually, if twinned too much, the twins degrade.
This suggests that though each of the new 'John's is equal and identical to each other, neither one is equal or identical to the original John.
Thus the original John died when he was twinned, and the two 'John's born from his material can be seen as clones or as descendants.
