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chaosmage comments on Dissolving the Thread of Personal Identity - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Skeptityke 25 May 2014 06:36AM

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Comment author: chaosmage 28 May 2014 03:21:40PM 0 points [-]

It gets complicated if you do not draw an arbitrary border where matter becomes part of your body and where it ceases to do so.

Comment author: DanielVarga 29 May 2014 08:30:28PM 0 points [-]

I have no problem with an arbitrary border. I wouldn't even have a problem with, for example, old people gradually shrinking in size to zero just to make the image more aesthetically pleasing.