> If that assertion is true, I can’t even respond to the person who typed it. The “event” that typed the comment has passed and “you” are already gone. I think

> If that assertion is true, I can’t even respond to the person who typed it. The “event” that typed the comment has passed and “you” are already gone. I think that's exactly right. For the general sanity of the human mind, we make and share assumptions about our experiences. We don't really agree on what makes a person in the first place. When does a person begin? In the US, that's a heated debate. When does a person cease to exist? If you account for feelings, a relative with advanced dementia, or being in a coma indefinitely often doesn't feel like the same person. Or when people discover something really unpleasant about their significant other. A person only exist in a frame of reference. In a legal framework too, for example, which again changes from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Some cultures theorize an essence of sorts, that's unique per person, so it can carry the identity of a person. Let's call that a soul. This makes it easy to think about another person, as they can inhabit another body, or even an inanimate object or even share a body with another, and yet still be unique and addressable.