@alberto_cottica@mastodon.green
Post #1236527
2026-03-28 09:35 UTC
@Azuaron @Tattie "same self, différent body" is a trope in #sciencefiction . Have you read "Call me Joe"? by Poul Anderson (1957!).
In sci-fi that can go in different way. In Anderson's story, having an alien body suits the protagonist just fine. Either way, if you read a lot of it you are almost bound to come across though thought experiments like yours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Your_Life?wprov=sfla1
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-03-28 11:15
@alberto_cottica yes indeed, it's an extremely long-standing trope. But the challenge I'd put to you is to stay in this world, and in your own self, as you imagine this. How would you, Alberto, experience this? What would you feel physically and emotionally, embodied inexplicably in a female body? @Azuaron