Yes, but in practice no one wants to go to a backup. So the simulators will try just deleting or messing with the aware person, creating Matrix-like glitches.

Yes, but in practice no one wants to go to a backup. So the simulators will try just deleting or messing with the aware person, creating Matrix-like glitches. At least, that's the scenario depicted in the 1973 movie, World on a Wire. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070904/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070904/