[xjay]

Somewhat related: "The Egg" [2009*] is a fictional short story by American writer Andy Weir. [1]

> You, a 48-year-old man who dies in a car crash, meet God, the narrator, who says that you have been reincarnated many times before, and that you are next to be reincarnated as a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD. God then explains that you are, in fact, constantly reincarnated across time, and that all human beings who have ever lived and will ever live are incarnations of you. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Egg_(Weir_short_story)

Kurzgesagt adaptation of the story (31M views):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI

[brabel]

Even more "somewhat" related:

There is a physical theory that claims that all electrons are the same electron, just travelling endless through time from the beginning to the end of the universe and back (becoming positrons on the reversed timeline).

That explains why all electrons have the same exact charge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe

Not sure it's a serious theory capable of proving something, but there you go.

[FrustratedMonky]

Read it long time ago, but never new it was written by Andy Weir, same guy that wrote The Martian. Makes me want to look up his other stuff to see what range he has. I thought it was all purely space program stuff.

[darby_nine]

Ah one of my favorite theories! Here's a wikipedia link with even more fiction and formal philosophy covering the concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_individualism