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It seems to me that it is not possible for science to explain to me why I am me and not someone else - why I was born on this planet and not some other, why the
by nsxwolf 10y ago
It seems to me that it is not possible for science to explain to me why I am me and not someone else - why I was born on this planet and not some other, why the date I was and not some other.
That's simply outside the reach of science. Science is not a tool that can answer that question. I'm sure someone will tell me that my question is meaningless to begin with - ironically I think the answers to the questions scientists seek about consciousness are permanently beyond the event horizon of that very meaningless they accuse my question of.
- ithkuil 10y agoIt also depends a lot from what you consider a satisfactory answer.
- henearkr 10y agoA variation along the lines of an Anthropic Principle would be like: - why am I born a Saturday? - because if you were born a Monday your question would have been different accordingly
- henearkr 10y agoAnd it is also equivalent to considering all these realities coexisting in parallel universes. It kinds of "brings back the missing symmetry" of the situation.
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