It wouldn’t be you in any case. Basically the same as an identical twin.

AuryGlenz · 2024-09-28T14:56:57 1727535417

Also, why would they bother?

Maybe if you were a celebrity of some sort, maybe, but even then..

layer8 · 2024-09-28T16:01:17 1727539277

They could sell the organs back to you when you need one. Or the whole body for a brain transplant.

(This was a plot point in a sci-fi story I vaguely remember.)

braunshedd · 2024-09-28T16:08:07 1727539687

You're probably thinking of "The Island"[1]. Good movie, I saw this myself a long time ago.

[1] https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/

layer8 · 2024-09-28T16:27:28 1727540848

It’s a different one and I actually remember it better, but I didn’t want to spoil the plot twist for that story by naming it.

justinclift · 2024-09-29T00:38:42 1727570322

Err, so what was the one you were thinking of? I've seen The Island before, so would be potentially interested in something else along the same lines... :)

r721 · 2024-09-29T09:54:12 1727603652

Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality,_Inc. ? (there was a movie too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freejack)

justinclift · 2024-09-29T23:23:42 1727652222

Thanks. :)

Teever · 2024-09-28T15:58:39 1727539119

I see a near future scam where people seek out genetic material of the wealthy to create children so that they can sue them for child support.

Imagine someone doing this to the judge that ruled they owe child support for their child from a previous marriage out of spite.

alexey-salmin · 2024-09-28T16:17:34 1727540254

Even that is unlikely. We don't yet know what exact information is enough to recreate a human (or his twin) but by now we know that DNA alone is not.