Is Sarang a complete idiot?

[hollowleviathan]

Both would think they are the real one, each wants to live the life of the other, what other choices would you have but to decide that there can be "only one"?

I can accept that we are two individuals with the same memories, with equal and non-exclusive claim to my identity. If I do accept this, I should be pretty safe in assuming that my identical copy will feel the same way.

Sarang and the continuity cult seem to believe in an essential uniqueness to human identity based on memories, such that the personality drift between a brain scan and brain means that one of them must resolve to false, pretender. I don't agree with this, since I strongly argue that the act of running a brain scan is simply creating a brand new life, albeit with a full set of previous memories.