If your body very slowly and steadily morphed into an atom-by-atom identical copy of my body, would you still be you?
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If I know this thing is happening and in next 30 years from now I will be someone else identical copy then I will try to make the someone like me or be like me so that I can reverse the effect and before morphed into that person I will make that person be like me.
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Dear Future Self,
I can't help but think about the intriguing question at the center of our existence while I sit here and write this letter to you. Would you still be you if, over the ensuing three decades, our body gradually changed, atom by atom, until it became a replica of someone else's body? Would you ape them as well?
In the realms of the "Two Yous" explored in the book, the answer becomes multifaceted, expanding into four distinct possibilities. Yet, deep down, we both know the truth. We are inseparable. The real you and the real me are the same. Our identities, entwined throughout time, transcend the boundaries of individuality.
In this sense, if our bodies were to transform into an atom-by-atom replica, you would indeed be me, and I would be you. We have always existed as interconnected beings, sharing the essence of our being. This understanding transcends the limitations of space and time, connecting us through infinite past and distant future selves.
Imagine reading this letter from your past self, written by a version of you ten years younger. As you progress through the tapestry of life, this message will greet you, reaffirming the unity of our existence. Embrace it with the knowledge that we are intertwined, bound by an unbreakable thread.
Until we meet again in the embrace of time,
Your Past Self
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