How "reincarnation" might work?

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It's not me because I am me!? [Multiple fallacy alert]

What the difference is between me and a clone of me is hard to pinpoint, so I admit that the above statement is more of an emotional reaction than a reasoned argument. When it comes to this subject, I find rational conclusions to be very hard to come by. Maybe there is no difference; but that's hard to reconcile.

If we define "me" as just being a physical configuration, then technically it's me, I suppose. But then it's not a constant configuration, I'm a different collection of things from one moment to the next. The link between these different forms is rather tenuous anyway.

If I step outside the science, I hear myself sounding like a woo peddler on the verge of talking about souls. Yet my identity is all I have, so chalking it up as "nothing" is very hard. Tough subject!