"In the "accidental clone" scenario, I wouldn't just be losing memories of a few minutes of experiences; I'd also be losing whatever delta to my personality the

"In the "accidental clone" scenario, I wouldn't just be losing memories of a few minutes of experiences; I'd also be losing whatever delta to my personality the discarded clone went through in those minutes. However, in most cases I wouldn't care because that delta would be miniscule." It just seems weird to me that someone would think "I don't matter if there's a backup of my data somewhere and they could bring back a copy of me if they wanted." or "There's already a copy of me out there right now, so that makes my own death ok." To me it wouldn't matter in the slightest if there was a clone out there of me. As long as I want to go on living, it's me having future experiences that matters to me, not whether some clone of me has these experiences. Something else that hasn't been discussed yet is whether the clone really does have all your experiences and really is identical to you. How would you really know? Would you trust some scientist's or some machine's evaluation? I don't think you could ever really know. Of course, for me it would make no difference as I wouldn't want to die so some clone may life, but it might matter to those of you who are willing to sacrifice yourself for a clone. In that case think: how would you really know they were a clone? Sure, you could quiz them regarding some memories that only you had, but you couldn't ask them about everything. As important, you can't know if their experience of the world matches yours, nor what their true beliefs are. Some people are surprised to find their life partners aren't who they thought they were, after decades of living together.. but you probably won't have decades to get to know your clone before you voluntarily suicide. In fact, in the "teleporter" example and in the mind upload example I'm hearing people eager to suicide even before their clone even exists. So no verification at all is even possible. That kind of attitude just boggles my mind.