| ▲ | the_af 6 days ago | |
True. I suppose every one of us has asked: What makes me me? Whatever you identify as "yourself", how come it lives within your body? Why is there not someone else living inside your body? Why was I born, specifically "me", and not someone else? This has puzzled me since childhood. | ||
| ▲ | selcuka 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> I suppose every one of us has asked Not at all. I was shocked when I noticed that how few people have asked themselves this question. In fact, it is impossible to even explain this question to the majority of people. Most people confuse the question with "what makes us intelligent", missing the whole "first person perspective" aspect of it. I guess evolution tries to stop us from asking question that might lead to nihilism. | ||
| ▲ | accrual 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I think about this sometimes. From the POV of being in the human body I feel we must all be "me". If I wasn't here having this specific subjective experience as a human user on hackernews, then I would be someone or something else having another or "their" experience. If that's not the case then I'll just have no subjective experience, same as before I was born/instantiated. | ||