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shalafi@lemmy.world 1 week agoI always think about hormones in these conversations. You are not you without them, and 100 other things like pain, biofeedback, etc.
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shalafi@lemmy.world 1 week agoI always think about hormones in these conversations. You are not you without them, and 100 other things like pain, biofeedback, etc.
AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 1 week ago
Lots of recent (meaning past 20 years or so) research shows that our gut bacteria play quite a large role in our mental functions, too.
The concept of “the self” as a single, indivisible, unchanging thing is simply not compatible with observed reality. To be alive is to be in a constant state of flux.
Is there such a thing as an eternal soul? Uh, maybe…but if there is, it’s not going to be responsible for the things we typically associate with individual living people. It’s not going to have your sense of humor, or your memories, or your opinions, or your math skills. We enough about all of those things to confidently say they are not eternal.