DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 天前If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories?message-squaremessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareIf you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 天前message-square50linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·4 天前People with amnesia are usually considered still alive, I expect.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·4 天前Maybe they just forgot they were dead. 🤷♂️
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 天前This sounds more like a ship of Theseus style question Is the person with amnesia still the same “person”. I assume the question would also need to enforce the type/extent of the amnesia
People with amnesia are usually considered still alive, I expect.
Maybe they just forgot they were dead. 🤷♂️
This sounds more like a ship of Theseus style question
Is the person with amnesia still the same “person”. I assume the question would also need to enforce the type/extent of the amnesia