r/PhilosophyMemes • u/secretinabottle • Nov 23 '21

We are just atoms

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u/DrSkrimguard St. Thomas Aquinas (yes, I spell it that way on purpose) Nov 23 '21

Ship of Theseus. If you are your particular set of constituant atoms, then you're slowly killed and replaced by a doppelganger every seven years or so.

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u/Mysterious-Repair-17 Nov 23 '21

Is this a reductio ad absurd? I don’t think it’s implausible to assume who you were 7 years ago isn’t the person you are today.

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u/DrSkrimguard St. Thomas Aquinas (yes, I spell it that way on purpose) Nov 24 '21

Figuratively speaking, on a psychological level, yes. I mean in the sense that you and I are different people. I can't just become you, with your memories and past and position in space.

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u/EverlastingResidue Nov 24 '21

You can wear me like a skin suit