RE: Why am I me?
February 15, 2012 at 5:37 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm by dogma.)
You broke down my argument but proposed nothing new. Yes my parents may have shared memories but not from my person perspective. Those are mine alone. When I say that I was in charge of my body you simply state "no you were not". The fact is I am and always will be me with my own unique perspective and thoughts bound to this specific body with no explanation why. You do not know any more then me and to say it is not a mystery you are stating that you never really grasped the question like most people. Most brains are the same why was i assigned to this one and please do not answer, the smartest biologists do not know at the moment. You speak in absolutes as if you were sure that there is no God. We see the effect of dark energy but have never seen it. We use it's effect as evidence that something is pushing the universe outwards. We see gravity in its full force but untill now have failed to find that elusive gravaton particle that makes it happen. The fact I am self aware specific to this time this body, the fact math works at all to me is an effect and can be used as evidence for something more. Stephan Hawkings once said that before the big bang time did not exist so there was no room for God or a cause. He declares there was no cause it just was. Well the fact is something did happen and if there was no time or space for a cause why is there anything at all. Furthermore there may be multiple universe's with ample time and space for anything to exist outside of our realm. I am sorry you never fully understood the question he was asking. You keep referring to experiences and genetics and what parents remember. In reality you were chosen to see the world from your perspective alone right now and nothing in the brain reveals why. Neurons are all generic from brain to brain why one should form you is a mystery just leave it at that.
Why can't people see the question and accept it's a mystery. Have I declared anything super natural here? I simply pointed out what is but people see my title as a Christian and need to refute something nobody knows. The fact is, if both our brains were on a table surgically no one could discover why you were aware in one while me in another. My body could be here now exactly the way it is according to human evolution but it did not have to be "me" in it. No one really knows what "me" or "you" is. My body could be walking around acting the way it is thinking exactly the way it is but with an awareness that would not be "me". Stab it and me(that is the awareness i possess now) would not feel anything. Some other awareness would. The fact is we share in this universe and to say there is no evidence of supernatural and cousesness then what do you say we are? You are here are you not? you exist and feel and can see the world and can decide what it is you want to think and do. How did that awareness develop from nothing and why is it that only one specific mind brought you here. It's a mystery in itself evidence of something beyond us. There is ample reason to pursue the notion of something greater then ourselves. Weather we are important and live on after this is an entirely different argument. I see ample evidence of a soul in my opinion whoever "me" is something you could never know or feel. A boundary between us that's a mystery. If you say experiences separate us I say to you why? Why were your experiences chosen to be you and mine me.
Why can't people see the question and accept it's a mystery. Have I declared anything super natural here? I simply pointed out what is but people see my title as a Christian and need to refute something nobody knows. The fact is, if both our brains were on a table surgically no one could discover why you were aware in one while me in another. My body could be here now exactly the way it is according to human evolution but it did not have to be "me" in it. No one really knows what "me" or "you" is. My body could be walking around acting the way it is thinking exactly the way it is but with an awareness that would not be "me". Stab it and me(that is the awareness i possess now) would not feel anything. Some other awareness would. The fact is we share in this universe and to say there is no evidence of supernatural and cousesness then what do you say we are? You are here are you not? you exist and feel and can see the world and can decide what it is you want to think and do. How did that awareness develop from nothing and why is it that only one specific mind brought you here. It's a mystery in itself evidence of something beyond us. There is ample reason to pursue the notion of something greater then ourselves. Weather we are important and live on after this is an entirely different argument. I see ample evidence of a soul in my opinion whoever "me" is something you could never know or feel. A boundary between us that's a mystery. If you say experiences separate us I say to you why? Why were your experiences chosen to be you and mine me.
