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.
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.
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
Pretty much, yeah. Though the amount of self-awareness varies wildly.
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.
living beings isnt a matter thing, and more of a wave of matter that propagates by getting more matter and shedding old one.
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.