No. If the copy is faithful, it would understand the procedure made a copy. Unless you made an identical copy (and what would you gain from this?), each would k

No. If the copy is faithful, it would understand the procedure made a copy. Unless you made an identical copy (and what would you gain from this?), each would know which is which. I guess you could lie to the patient about the procedure being a mind transfer instead of a copy. That would help market the procedure if the copy was destructive, though.