On 11/05/2010 19:24, Darren New wrote:
> Zeger Knaepen wrote:
>> two reasons:
>> 1. that wasn't my birth
>
> But you're not the same person who was born.

both physically and mentally, indeed, I'm not.  But that has nothing to 
do with the fact that I wasn't born in this seat.  I was partly 'formed' 
in this seat, but there was no birth-process involved :)

>> 2. explaining to people that I'm not the same person as I was when I
>> was born, or even a second ago, is not really what they want to know
>> when they ask that question :)
>
> Exactly. Because nobody thinks of themselves that way. It's still "you"
> that ate breakfast this morning.

Linquistically speaking, yes, that was me.  Scientifically speaking: 
that was most of me (some new cells in my body might have been created, 
and some old cells probably have been shed since).  Philosophically 
speaking: it's not even sure reality existed this morning :)

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