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LittleFoot_Path t1_j8q2cpk wrote

Reply to comment by adurango in Free Will Is Only an Illusion if You Are, Too by greghickey5

Only if you can pinpoint a certain spot at which you consider “life starting”

I’ve asked this question to many and most just become uncomfortable about it, but I still hold it,

“when do you consider your life starting, at which point did you say “I’m alive” and consider the other parts not alive”

I’m not sure this highlights the topic but it’s still in line with the underpinnings. Why do we look to science to deliver us when most can’t even simply awnser that for ourselves?

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Quarter13 t1_j8qlgya wrote

I had this conversation with my lady one night. My question was a bit different, it was "when does consciousness start, and do we have 'soul' before that?" Was trying to recall my first memory and it really terrified me that I was alive, breathing, eating, walking etc. all before I had any recollection. Made me wonder if consciousness requires a certain amount of information be taken in by the brain first.

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LittleFoot_Path t1_j8r5gqu wrote

Agreed that it’s kind of a mind fuck, and yes I’m using life and consciousness interchangeably here. reminds me of a song “death is only the end if you assume the story is about you”

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