The question of Identity is an interesting one to pose in the face of quantum ontology, particularly if you believe in the Many Worlds Interpretation (Everett, Deutsch et.al.) and many pages have been written about it (and it's ALL REALLY BORING!) and how you can trace 'you' through the multiverse etc. etc.
Egan touches on this (in Permutation city or Quarantine I forget, I read them back to back) idea of confusion of identity when you look at it from an WMI perspective.
And it Hurts My Brain.
Best thing that can be said really is that 'you' are a continuous being only because of your memory, it is your recolection of 'you-yesterday' that makes 'you-yesterday' and 'you-today' the same 'you'.
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Egan touches on this (in Permutation city or Quarantine I forget, I read them back to back) idea of confusion of identity when you look at it from an WMI perspective.
And it Hurts My Brain.
Best thing that can be said really is that 'you' are a continuous being only because of your memory, it is your recolection of 'you-yesterday' that makes 'you-yesterday' and 'you-today' the same 'you'.