RE: When are we not ourselves?
May 17, 2016 at 9:07 pm
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2016 at 9:09 pm by Brian37.)
(May 17, 2016 at 8:19 pm)KUSA Wrote: They say we have every cell in our body replaced every 7 years. Are we the same person then? It's like the ship of Theseus. Replace every component and it's not the same ship.
Since we are not the same person, the old person died and we are simply a copy. Why should we even fear death? We die every day one cell at a time. Every aspect of you today will be dead in a few years and replaced with a copy.
What are your thoughts on this?
Who is "they" and what is this "7 year" thing, got any links? Yes we do replace cells and even atoms. We are living fractals. We shouldn't fear death and we should, the CONTEXT MATTERS.
Yes we should fear death, because that is what causes us to look both ways before crossing a busy street. But no, we should not fear what life will be like 5 billion years from now, just like we don't fear our pre life 13.8 billion years ago.
But no, we are not copies, we are an ongoing one of a kind movie, it is the same movie but the plot moves on. Our atoms are really no different than a relay race on an Olympic track race. The entire race is always us until we die, but during the race the baton is passed on to the next runner in the relay.
