On four-dimensionalist ontology, Oscar and Oscar− are distinct temporal worms that share all their temporal parts prior to t', making them identical at t' as a matter of mereological convergence.
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In four-dimensionalism, this is what you are—a worm-like object that extends through time, with different 'slices' of you at different moments (also called a 'worldline').
four-dimensionalism(metaphysics of identity and time)
The philosophical view that objects (including people) are made up of temporal parts or stages, just like a physical object has spatial parts; you exist across time like a movie reel exists as many frames.