(April 29, 2010 at 10:13 am)Paul the Human Wrote: I will always be me. My identity, as me, will never change. I definitely do not have the same thoughts or beliefs I had once upon a time... but I am still me. I look quite different than I used to... but I am still me. When compared to the me of time gone by, I have changed almost to the point of being unrecognizable... but I am still me. Since the me from then and the me now can't exist at the same point in time, the comparison is nothing more than an observation that I have changed. It doesn't mean I am no longer me.
Ah... you're referring to the possessive part of self identity then?
As in, whilst A, B, C, and D are now instead E, F, G, and H: Z has remained consistent (and must continue to do so for you to be considered a "you" and not an "it", as 'Z' is your status as a person?)?
But would not even that eventually change (from an empirical standpoint... "you" will eventually ceaseate and rot into dirt)?
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
