“Copy” implies having more than 1 object : The Copy and the Original at the same point of time, but not space.
Why preference space over time? Time is just another dimension after all. buybuydandavis’s definition of “copy” seems to avoiding preference for a particular dimension, and so seems more general.
Why preference space over time? Time is just another dimension after all. buybuydandavis’s definition of “copy” seems to avoiding preference for a particular dimension, and so seems more general.
You may want to read up on the no-cloning theorem in quantum mechanics.
The simple answer to your question is that time interacts differently with causality from space.