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What if there's less to it? What if consciousness is just an illusion, "you" only really exist in the moment, and the feeling of a connection to the "you" of a
by caf 9y ago
What if there's less to it? What if consciousness is just an illusion, "you" only really exist in the moment, and the feeling of a connection to the "you" of a moment ago and the "you" to come in the next moment doesn't reflect an actual continuing independent existence?
- drcode 9y agoYeah, this seems likely to be true, and also arguably really sad, since it means your consciousness essentially is "dying" every second. Fun times!
- CalRobert 9y agoWell, on the other hand, we are able to create joy and the rich array of emotions we feel through those moments, and against the scale of an eternal(well.... ish..) universe, creating joy for a future being is about all we have, whether that's an iteration of ourselves or someone else. Then again, the last time I checked we don't actually know if time is quantized or not, or if that's even a meaningful question. A slightly modified version of this idea is explored in https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1 https://existentialcomics.com/comic/1