I always think about hormones in these conversations. You are not you without them, and 100 other things like pain, biofeedback, etc.
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suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
There is no continuity. We don’t have bodies, we are bodies. There is no independent ‘self’ to be moved around seperately from the physical stuff.
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Lots of recent (meaning past 20 years or so) research shows that our gut bacteria play quite a large role in our mental functions, too.
The concept of “the self” as a single, indivisible, unchanging thing is simply not compatible with observed reality. To be alive is to be in a constant state of flux.
Is there such a thing as an eternal soul? Uh, maybe…but if there is, it’s not going to be responsible for the things we typically associate with individual living people. It’s not going to have your sense of humor, or your memories, or your opinions, or your math skills. We enough about all of those things to confidently say they are not eternal.
einkorn@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
What foes the thinking? The flesh.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What foes the thinking? The flesh.
No, it’s the dlesh that does the dinking.
;-)
einkorn@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
I’m not mure what you sean?
murmelade@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
SippyCup@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Negative
I am a meat Popsicle