• Evotech@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Isn’t the human body exactly that

    I’m pretty sure I’m not my 10 year old self. Even though i have since off their memories

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      18 days ago

      This is my view: Your body ages and regenerates. You are a living ship of theseus, you are a different person at different stages of life. Yet, you retain the memory of your past life.

      The ship of theseus is an entirely different ship, but it retains the memory of a self.

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      18 days ago

      I’m taking bids for a contract: what’s the minimum rate of surgeries per year you can offer to make me immortal. I offer a perpetual fraction of my lifetime earnings, to be agreed upon later.