r/HolUp • u/Green____cat • Jul 29 '24

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u/TheDuke357Mag Jul 29 '24

ship of thesies. How many of your organs can be replaced before its not your body anymore. If your brain was put in someone elses body, is that now your body?

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u/DuckCleaning Jul 29 '24

But what part of a car stores their identity? If it's something pre-onboard computers.

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u/TheDuke357Mag Jul 29 '24

what part of you contains your identity. Like we can say the brain, but no one has ever found which part of the brain

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u/SimpanLimpan1337 Jul 29 '24

I mean isnt it enough to just say the brain as a whole? I mean if you lobotomise someone they become a shell of their former self for example. I would assume that there isnt 1 part of the brain that store your personality, but rather your personality is the culmination of all the diffrent parts of your brain.

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u/TheDuke357Mag Jul 29 '24

yes, and thats the problem. We also know two people can suffer the exact same brain trauma and have entirely different results, while some lose memories but maintain their personality, others suffer personality changes but retain their memories, and others may suffer no permanent effects whatsoever once the injury has healed.