What Are You?
What Are You? So. Are you your body? And if so, how exactly does this work? Lets explore lots of confusing questions. This video is part of a collaboration with CGPGrey. Check out his video...
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Are you your body?Well, kind of, right?But, is there a line where this stops being true?How much of yourself can you remove before you stop being you,and does the question even make sense?Your physical existence is cells, trillions of them,at least ten times more than there are stars in the Milky Way.A cell is a living being, a machine made of up to 50 thousand different proteins.It has no consciousness, no will, no purpose; it just is,but it is still an individual.Together, your cells form huge structures for jobs like preparing food,gathering resources, transporting stuff around,scanning the environment, and so on.If you extract cells from your body and put them in the right environment,they will continue to stay alive for a while,so your cells can exist without you, ...
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Are you your body?Well, kind of, right?But, is there a line where this stops being true?How much of yourself can you remove before you stop being you,and does the question even make sense?Your physical existence is cells, trillions of them,at least ten times more than there are stars in the Milky Way.A cell is a living being, a machine made of up to 50 thousand different proteins.It has no consciousness, no will, no purpose; it just is,but it is still an individual.Together, your cells form huge structures for jobs like preparing food,gathering resources, transporting stuff around,scanning the environment, and so on.If you extract cells from your body and put them in the right environment,they will continue to stay alive for a while,so your cells can exist without you, ...
