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Why am I me?

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RE: Why am I me?

September 18, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Gods don't address any ultimate causes either: They are simply excuses for those who don't want to put in the time and effort to investigate reality.

To the OP: Read Daniel Dennett and John Searle on consciousness. They do some incredibly good work describing how consciousness and identity seem to work.

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