It is hard to convince somebody of something when their survival depends on them not getting it.
The fraudulent restoration company had edited the mind of Fred-30 so that he thought that his name was Bill, and that some other publicly known information was what it would have been if he was Bill instead of Fred, and then they had put the edited mind in a body that resembled Bill-30 to whatever degree restored people were supposed to resemble their previous selves. But his not easily edited memories, such as any memories of experiences, were those of Fred-30.
Or to be precise they were confabulations reconciling what Fred actually remembered 30 years (or however old that tape actually were) ago with the information that had been added later. But that is how all our memories work anyway, so it would be weird if he noticed that.
It is hard to convince somebody of something when their survival depends on them not getting it.
The fraudulent restoration company had edited the mind of Fred-30 so that he thought that his name was Bill, and that some other publicly known information was what it would have been if he was Bill instead of Fred, and then they had put the edited mind in a body that resembled Bill-30 to whatever degree restored people were supposed to resemble their previous selves. But his not easily edited memories, such as any memories of experiences, were those of Fred-30.
Or to be precise they were confabulations reconciling what Fred actually remembered 30 years (or however old that tape actually were) ago with the information that had been added later. But that is how all our memories work anyway, so it would be weird if he noticed that.
Oh.
OK, thanks for clarifying that.