Редактирование: Self/less (раздел)

== Transhumanist content ==

The character Dr Jensen, played by actor Thomas Murphy, is described as a transhumanist. He develops a mechanism for the consciousness of one person to be [[mind transfer|transferred into the body of another]] person. This mechanism is described as "shedding", referring to how a snake periodically sheds its skin.

The attraction of the mechanism is to continue the life of someone who is terminally ill. The transhumanist in the film remarks:

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Imagine what Edison could have accomplished with another fifty years. Or Einstein. Or Steve Jobs.
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It turns out that the original consciousness of the second person needs to be suppressed by regular intake of drugs. When drug intakes are missed, parts of the original consciousness start to reassess themselves, displacing parts of the new consciousness.

The original (terminally ill, but not yet dead) body of the first person is given an injection to stop its heart. This avoids any plot complication in which the same consciousness might be manifest in two different bodies at the same time.