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RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another?

October 12, 2016 at 5:48 pm

I've come to conclude that this is actually an absurd question. You're you because if you were me, you would be me. You may as well ask why one tennis ball isn't this other tennis ball. Because one is made up of a certain set of atoms and the other is made of another. You are a certain set of neurons inside a certain skull that has evolved to create a self-identity based on things like brain structure and experience.

You're not a rock, because if you were a rock, you couldn't ask this question.

Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell

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Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 5:30 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 5:37 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Homeless Nutter - October 12, 2016 at 5:37 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 5:39 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 5:40 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 5:41 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 5:42 pm

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RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 5:45 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Faith No More - October 12, 2016 at 5:48 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 5:52 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Faith No More - October 12, 2016 at 5:59 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 6:05 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 5:51 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 6:00 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 6:08 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 6:10 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Whateverist - October 12, 2016 at 6:13 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 6:21 pm

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RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. Why was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 6:35 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by chimp3 - October 12, 2016 at 6:43 pm

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RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Whateverist - October 12, 2016 at 6:45 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 6:48 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 6:56 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 7:01 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 12, 2016 at 8:14 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Whateverist - October 12, 2016 at 11:11 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by brewer - October 12, 2016 at 7:09 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 7:35 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by brewer - October 12, 2016 at 8:56 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 9:05 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by brewer - October 12, 2016 at 9:12 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 9:41 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by brewer - October 12, 2016 at 9:54 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 9:58 pm

RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2016 at 8:20 pm

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RE: Sort of a complicated question, I'll try to ask. How was I born me and not another? - by Arkilogue - October 12, 2016 at 8:36 pm

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