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You will have stopped existing way before your body reaches 60. What I mean by this is that current-you and 60-year-old you will be so different from each othe
by otikik 4y ago
You will have stopped existing way before your body reaches 60.
What I mean by this is that current-you and 60-year-old you will be so different from each other that they could be different individuals entirely. You will likely still share some atoms by mere chance, but most of your 60yo body will be made of different atoms. 60yo’s mind will have many memories and experiences in common with you, but also a bunch of different ones. And their circumstances will also be different.
Think about 10-year-old you. Did they have plans for current-you? Have you fulfilled those plans?
- t-3 4y ago> Think about 10-year-old you. Did they have plans for current-you? No.
- more_corn 4y agoI’ve had a surprisingly consistent sense of self. At least as far as I can remember. My personality, sense of fairness, hopes dreams, interests. All consistent. I’ll certainly be the same person at 60. Hopefully wiser and handsomer.
- otikik 4y agoLeaving aside the fact that you are using your brain to evaluate its own consistency, how can you know that yours is “surprising”? I think most people do feel a strong sense of self, and that they feel it is extremely consistent. I am having trouble picturing some who isn’t like that in my head, actually. Perhaps someone who’s barely conscious, or a baby. I also think that despite that feeling, change is unavoidable for everyone and uncomfortable for a lot of us. Some will go to extremes like changing their own memories in order to avoid admitting that they changed.