Is the puzzle supposed to be agnostic to the specifics of copying?
It seems to me that if by copying we mean fissure, when a person is separated into two, we have 1⁄2 for OO, 1⁄4 for CO and 1⁄4 for CC, while if by copying we mean “a clone of you is created” then the probability to observe OO a time 0 is 1, because there is no causal mechanism due to which you would swap bodies with a clone.
Is the puzzle supposed to be agnostic to the specifics of copying?
It seems to me that if by copying we mean fissure, when a person is separated into two, we have 1⁄2 for OO, 1⁄4 for CO and 1⁄4 for CC, while if by copying we mean “a clone of you is created” then the probability to observe OO a time 0 is 1, because there is no causal mechanism due to which you would swap bodies with a clone.