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arethuza
on Feb 10, 2011
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2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal
How do you know that the instance of you that awakes every morning is really the "same" consciousness as went to sleep the night before? :-)
pbhjpbhj
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If you find this question interesting then watch "The Prestige". Great film.
http://amzn.to/iiaO5j
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_%28film%29
thomas11
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Buddhists say it's not.
kenj0418
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Yes, and a large number of people (fail to) follow rules handed down to them by a shrubbery - but how is that relevant?
arethuza
on Feb 10, 2011
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To be fair, it was a
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I don't know, but it doesn't matter because this morning it was me who woke up. It could matter to the me who went to sleep last night but he's no longer here…
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