Originally Posted by baloney_detector

If an identical twin does not exist just after fertilization, then how can you say its "life" began during fertilization?

You are evidently assigning the term "life" to something that doesn't, yet, exist.

*(One could just as well argue that, if the "life" of an identical twin exists just after fertilization occurs and before cell division occurs, then the "life" of an identical twin can just as well exist before fertilization even takes place. I mean, what's the difference since, in both cases, an identical twin doesn't objectively exist.)*



But, did you have one pie immediately after you baked it and before you sliced it?

Or, did you have two pies immediately after you baked it and before you sliced it?