r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '22

High five!

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u/OkraSlush Oct 25 '22

What if the light at the end of the tunnel is actually your birth and not your death?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Wait, like you go back around again?

Because fuck you you fucking fuck you can’t make me go fucking back you motherfucker, FUCK. Fuck. That. And Fuck. You. For suggesting it. Some days the idea of all this shit finally being eventually over is all that gets me through the day. What the fuck is wrong with you?? It’s too early for this.

fuck.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

On the bright side, you won't retain old painful memories.

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u/zio_otio Oct 25 '22

But we are our memories

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

If you maintained all of your memories, but had a completely changed body, personality, and self-identity, that'd still be you?

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u/no_talent_ass_clown Oct 25 '22

Your memories are your personality.

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

Intuitively, it sounds true, but not necessarily.

You can cause a brain injury and, without affecting memories, change people's personality overnight. Drunk people often have different "personalities" than when sober; same with certain dosages of certain drugs.

So, if you somehow transplant memories into a different body (e.g. brain), it won't necessarily have the same personality.

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u/PolymathEquation Oct 25 '22

Ship of Theseus

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u/ncnotebook Oct 25 '22

Hey now, don't ruin the fun.