Permutation City explores a near-future where human consciousness can be scanned and simulated in digital form, creating "Copies." These Copies are not mere recordings; they are sentient, subjective, and indistinguishable from their physical, flesh-and-blood originals.
The novel's main intellectual driver is the "Dust Hypothesis." Egan challenges the notion that consciousness requires a continuous, physical, hardware-based simulation.
Discuss the between the Copies and the originals