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LateefaStarks wrote: ↑January 29th, 2023, 9:54 pm If atom by atom my body morphed into your body then how could remain myself if every atom was now you? Then there would now be 2 yous, atomically speaking by definitionAs the book explains, there are already two yous and two mes before the morphing even starts.
Scott wrote: ↑November 16th, 2022, 1:57 pm The below question is in a way simply a variation of the opening question of the book, worded very differently.
If over the next 30 years, your body (including your brain) very slowly and steadily morphed into an atom-by-atom identical copy of my body (including my brain), would you still be you?
Would you also be me?
Pauline Parnell wrote: ↑January 28th, 2023, 1:10 am If I somehow morphed into looking like you, that does not mean I am you. The outward appearance will look like you, but inwardly I am me. Being me isn't only physical, but also spiritual and mental. I am shaped by my own memories.Pauline Parnell, thank you for your reply!
Clara Alston wrote: ↑January 27th, 2023, 10:27 pm Such a fun question! Absolutely, I would still be me because my atoms do not hold my consciousness. If I were to morph into you, it would be a drastic change, but it would not change who I am.I agree, assuming of course you are using the word "I" in the sense of what the book calls "the real you".
Shillah Andeso wrote: ↑January 28th, 2023, 2:38 am From my perspective, if my body morphed atom by atom, I would still be me [...] In the same way, I would also be you since my body has formed something new.I agree.
Leasa Ana Maria wrote: ↑February 1st, 2023, 3:38 pm If every part of me, including my brain (I retain my memories), is duplicated in a copy called you, wouldn't you have been me from the beginning? Then I am you, and you are me, but only at that point when we first meet. From there, each of us can make different choices in life that can affect us differently, so we become two very similar individuals but not the same as in the beginning.I would think if your brain was changed into different atoms then you wouldn't retain your memories. Memory is stored in pathways in the brain after all.
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