I think fork is a more appropriate description than clone. After the point the new consciousness exists, it immediately begins creating its own experiences from

I think fork is a more appropriate description than clone. After the point the new consciousness exists, it immediately begins creating its own experiences from that moment on and ceases to be a clone anymore. I don't think it makes a difference whether a consciousness is destroyed after its been forked or not. Either way, I wouldn't be volunteering for that kind of experiment any time soon. Quantum Immortality comes to mind though. I think it may have been Tesla who also mentioned that our consciousness is a receiver that tunes in to the closest match. If this were the case, then I might volunteer after all. I imagine the only way to know for sure would be to invent the technology to clone/fork consciousness, separate them, show them different cards, destroy one, and ask the other to describe both cards.