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In an infinite universe everything has already happened, is happening now (here and elsewhere) and will happen again later. This includes the reassembly of you with a memory of all your past reassemblings. In a universe that is merely large, not infinite, you still have a chance of this happening.
Some things are true or false no matter what my preference or needs might be. I never prosper by dwelling on these things overly. Better to visit a sick friend in the hospital than to weep about the sun exploding in my distant future.
I don't think (1) is a useful way to think. It's probably true, in some sense, but most of the same arguments against apply as for quantum suicide.
Worse, any random reassembly effects are probably dominated by deliberate ones.