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The buddhists went through this thought process and have decided that nothing has inherent identity. IT's called "emptiness" or "Shunyata". In general it seems
by maxxxxx 8y ago
The buddhists went through this thought process and have decided that nothing has inherent identity. IT's called "emptiness" or "Shunyata". In general it seems a more philosophical question than scientific.
- nixpulvis 8y agoI really like this. I personally tend to find myself reaching for the word "void" when I get caught up thinking about this.
- lisper 8y agoIMHO the Buddhists threw out the baby with the bathwater. Just because nothing has inherent identity (which is true) that does not mean that it makes no sense to assign an identity to the unique collection of memories and experiences that I call "me".
- maxxxxx 8y agoThey also reject the idea of "self" :-)
- Florin_Andrei 8y ago> that does not mean that it makes no sense to assign an identity to the unique collection of memories and experiences that I call "me". Actually, that is not disputed - at least in some buddhist schools. Identity as an epiphenomenon is quite sensible, and they understood this. Well, some of them at least.