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minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI think the right analogy would be to say “you are not inside your skull, you are your skull”. And I would count this as a more or less correct statement.
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoAm I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
minus-squareflora_explora@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWell, that’s the paradox isn’t it? We are our minds but somehow we also are our bodies.
I think the right analogy would be to say “you are not inside your skull, you are your skull”. And I would count this as a more or less correct statement.
Am I my skull? So I get to live as long as my skull is not decayed?
Well, that’s the paradox isn’t it? We are our minds but somehow we also are our bodies.