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Author Topic:   Existence After Death
Taz
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Message 161 of 163 (586993)
10-16-2010 3:03 AM
Reply to: Message 160 by Phage0070
10-15-2010 4:52 PM


Phage0070 writes:
So what exactly makes you more than the sum of your parts? Is it real, or value assigned by your mind?
It seems to me that this is extremely easy for me to answer. But first, you must tell me where you live so I can go to your home and chop your head off. Considering the fact that you seem to imply there is nothing about you-you that makes you greater than the sum of your parts, I would think that you would have no problem if I remove one component of you from the rest of your body. I promise to superglue your head back on afterward.
Come on, time to demonstrate to us if you really believe you aren't greater than the sum of your parts.

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Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
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Message 162 of 163 (586994)
10-16-2010 3:13 AM
Reply to: Message 152 by Species8472
10-15-2010 11:54 AM


Funny that you mentioned this. Just the other day, I watched an episode of star trek voyager where Tuvok and Nelix were involved in a transporter accident that fused the two together. The entire episode was about the crew getting used to the new person that was a combination of the two crewmen. Finally, at the end of the episode they found a way to separate them again. But the new crewman didn't want to go through with the procedure. He did not want to "die". In the end, Janeway had to force him to go through with the procedure, which he described as "murder".
This is an issue that, I suspect, has many implications that most people just simply don't want to tackle. We must first define what a person is and isn't. Since there is no fine line, there will undoubtedly be varying opinion on this matter.
As for me, I'm staying neutral on this topic.

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