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1+1 = 2
2/2+2/2 = 2
Sqrt(2+2) = 2
The internal experience can be very different despite having outwards similar expressions like shared preferences.
Why the differences would cancel out wouldn't necessarily be easy to explain, and sure it implies big differences are rare, but it's not impossible. Especially because we already know of many existing biological differences which still produce similar outcomes (in part due to redundancies) like in chemical balances and protein expressions, very commonly seen in differences in the gastric system
Do you have evidence from neurology that this is happening?
For starters
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-surprised-to-find-no-two-neurons-are-genetically-alike/