What Is The Argument Of Essentialism And Experimentalism In 'Memento Mori'?

The argument of essentialism and experimentalism can be dated to the first philosophers and still is a debate that is occuring to this day. The philosopher René Descartes has a unique perspective. Descartes says, “I think, therefore I am” (Descartes 1). He believes that to discover what is reality one must first doubt everything and start from the beginning. He found out that he exists because he is the one doubting in the first place. This is connected to the short story by Jonathan Nolan “Memento Mori”. In the short story the main character Earl is always at war with what is real. Essentially he lives for a couple of minutes and then another “Earl” that does not know what happened before takes his place. Earl is much like a machine, he runs scripts that he finds and is getting controlled by multiple users. And Earl does not think, he does. In reality, Descartes is saying there is no way to know that all that is perceived real exists if never doubted.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. (Descartes 2)
In connection to the short story, each and every time Earl forgets what happened 20 minutes ago, essentially Earl lives in the moment with no past
Descartes has stated that there is no way for sure to know what is real and what actually exists, one must think for themselves and doubt a lot before accepting it, possibly everything. In the short story “Memento Mori” Earl did not do that, all he did was act on his past thoughts written on notes without questioning it, he did not doubt his own past thoughts that he could not remember. In a sense Earl did not exist, he was long gone and forgotten, it was a new Earl everytime, driven by blind hatred and revenge of the past Earl. Overall Descartes greatest lesson is knowing that the one doubting is the one that can truly assure themselves that they