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-{{See also|Clade}}
+'''Cladists''' are a social construct, an identity which may be shared by many identical [[instances]] on [[the System]]. The differences between one cladist and another are usually things such as their names, memories, and relationships. When an instance [[forks]], they remain ''of'' the same cladist until they eventually individuate and become an entirely new cladist.
-A "cladist" is an individual who lives on the System. They may be the original [[Uploading|uploaded]] mind (called the "root instance") or they may be a [[Forking|fork]] (or a fork of a fork, or a fork of a fork of a fork...). As such, one may also see the terms "instance" or "fork" applied to an individual; these are subcategories of the general category "cladist".
+A cladist is distinguished from a [[clade]] in that they are themselves ''of'' a clade, just as an instance is ''of'' a cladist; that is, a clade may be composed of many cladists, who are each in turn represented by many instances. Many on the System call themselves cladists as a demonym, defining themselves as distinguished from those who live [[phys-side]] by the distributed identity afforded by their ability to fork.
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