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What is the scariest/creepiest theory you know about? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I mean we're slowly replacing every cell in our body like the ship of Theseus

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    So what makes me... me?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Personally, I'd say nothing. Or, at least, whatever you say makes you, you. I don't think there's an objective/natural definition for who I am and what is and isn't a part of me. The idea of "me" is kinda made-up, so there's probably no right or wrong answer as to what exactly I label as "me."

    I'm probably just saying nonsense, but this is the most coherent answer I got lol

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's a question no one has yet been able to answer definitively though both neuroscientists and philosophers are trying.

    I'm of the opinion that "I" am a pattern, encoded in the physical interactions of my brain and body. I'm not certain if I have free will or just like to think I do. But I do believe that whatever makes me "me" is fully contained within the dimensions of my physical being.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The way out of the riddle is that there never was a ship of Theseus to begin with or a you those are just referents like pointers used to refer to an evolving system with a known state at a known starting point and probabilistic predictions of a future state based on known factors.

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