Just a nitpick, you don’t need many-worlds to have branching. Even in a classical world, if it’s large enough, there will be creatures with identical memories but different futures.
Right, as long as you don’t require causal connection for branching. To my mind “branching” suggests a causal connection, but the OP favors a pattern identity theory, so causal connection may be irrelevant.
Just a nitpick, you don’t need many-worlds to have branching. Even in a classical world, if it’s large enough, there will be creatures with identical memories but different futures.
Right, as long as you don’t require causal connection for branching. To my mind “branching” suggests a causal connection, but the OP favors a pattern identity theory, so causal connection may be irrelevant.