The Illusion of Continuity in Identity

Your consciousness isn't a single thread. It's a pattern that rebuilds itself constantly.

Every second, neurons fire differently. Proteins fold. Cells replace themselves. The you from five

years ago is physically gone. Same with yesterday's version. But we cling to

continuity because memory creates the illusion of permanence. Here's what breaks most people's brains.

If a perfect copy contains all your information, all your memories, all your neurological

patterns, physics can't tell them apart. There's no hidden soul signature.

No metaphysical marker saying this one's real. Identity isn't preserved in matter.

It's preserved in pattern. And patterns don't care which substrate runs them.