I like reading your posts. Thanks for sharing!

My thoughts on this are, that it's missing what 'somebody' is.

Also, as someone who doesn't watch Star Trek, I don't understand the opening paragraphs. I thought Tuvok and Neelix were just accidentally combined into one being, and then separated. But then you say they died? When and how did they die?

Back to my original point. To look at death of 'somebody' and playing around with them in combining bodies, near death, bringing them back, and so on, it's pretty important to define 'somebody'. Which goes to the big question of consciousness, and if it's dependent on hardware or not. From my understanding we don't have a scientific answer, but it's very prevalent in religion and spirituality.

Thank you for the praise! By the way, I use capitalised pronouns.

And you were right the first time, they were accidentally combined. Many fans see this as a form of death, since Tuvix is a new person.

My own opinion on what "somebody is", is "one who asserts individuality and distinctiveness from others". All we can do when defining a person is to trust them.

My apologies for using the wrong format of pronouns.