LOST. orgynal
Tfw you realize the Self is an illusion
Anthony Williams
Michael Garcia
en.wikipedia.org
how many times do kids have to "discover" this "high IQ" concept?
Alexander Carter
hey guys
gcp grey, colin here
did you know that death is terrible and we as intelligent living beings should do everything we can to avoid it? even death by old age is unacceptable for the thinking man like myself.
Chase Kelly
I'm just introducing new ideas to people in a palatable way so that they will do more research.
Read Derek Parfit if you want a full discussion on personal identity
Jose Edwards
>new ideas
these ideas are old as shit user.
Logan Gutierrez
What I'm alluding to is the "Brain in a vat" idea.
en.wikipedia.org
Because we cannot view reality outside of our mind we then we can always answer the question "who are you" with "I (my thoughts) am me". If you assume you could observe the universe from a third party perspective outside of the filter of a mind then these questions become more reasonable, but because we're always limited to observing the universe from a mind then we can always answer the question for ourselves.
If we extend the question to other supposedly conscious entities then we first have to answer the question, what is reality? Is it what we perceive to be real or do we state that their is an absolute reality that is true though unknowable?
Hopefully I'm making sense and not just sounding like a massive pompous faggot.
Luis Sanchez
I thought about this when I was high as fuck.
If a brain exists solely on its own, what would that be like? You'd have no sense of time, no sense of anything. It would just be eternal existence
Tyler Sullivan
>I thought about this when I was high as fuck.
That about sums this thread up.
Gavin Baker
new to them, that was my point
Jaxon Turner
Can you tell me exactly what makes "you" right now and "you" when you were 2 years old the "same person".
Is it your memories? Is it the fact that it's "your body/brain"?
Keep in mind your brain and body replaces itself completely very often.
If this is so easy for you it should be easy to answer.