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"Is it me?" is a question of value masquerading as a question of fact.
Intertemporal, interstate solidarity is a choice.
But the question "what I will experience in the next moment of time" is physical. And all physics is based on idea of the sameness of an observer during an experiment.
Begs the question of what you will consider "I" in the next moment.
? Sounds like hokem to me. Reality does not have to conform to your structural language commitments.
You can have multiple observers during an experiment. It's the observations that matter, not how you choose to label the observing apparatus.