He was not even alive to begin with. Literally a robot following the instructions left by a recording of a human mind. He just thought he was a real human because the recording said/believed so.
I would say no, because he never was a part of the original. IIRC, he’s a copy of this person’s memories before they even died, so he forked the progression of memories? The original would have lived, and died, with no continuity going over to the clone. The clone, upon receiving these memories, believes himself to be the original, but he’s wrong.
How does this apply to something like the game SOMA?
He was not even alive to begin with. Literally a robot following the instructions left by a recording of a human mind. He just thought he was a real human because the recording said/believed so.
True, but could it not be continuity of memory in that case?
I would say no, because he never was a part of the original. IIRC, he’s a copy of this person’s memories before they even died, so he forked the progression of memories? The original would have lived, and died, with no continuity going over to the clone. The clone, upon receiving these memories, believes himself to be the original, but he’s wrong.
Oh that’s a really good point. God that game is such a trip.
I’ve not played that one, so no idea.