I don't think the TADC cast just being brain scans is an inherently bad theory but it's really weird when you think about it
The programmers at C&A all decided to test their AI at the same time, then did they just not notice digital clones of all of them being uploaded to the system and staying there after they disconnected? Even weirder, they figured out literal mind uploading and still abandoned the building after a few years, somehow still connected to electricity though
Something must have happened to the real humans too or this doesn't make sense. I think they just sorta died as their consciousness was transferred to the circus, it would fit with Kinger being confused when Zooble told him they were escaping, because there's nothing to escape to
















