No what? Don’t think firmware analogy is a good one. You don’t need an identity to run the hardware. Neanderthals didn’t identify as socialists or libertarians.
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I think software and firmware are pretty terrible analogies for how to think about one's brain/mind. But that's a whole can of worms for another time.
That would be software level, and you do need firmware to run hardware. Not educated in a discipline where a CIS course was required eh?