This is not about diachronic identity. Suppose there is some functional pattern signifying a conscious mind. The idea is that that pattern is instantiated twice in the meatbag. A bit like this picture. At a micro level, we can see the mind of Searle. At a higher level of abstraction, we see Wang.

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