I've heard of that. While I have no background in such matters, it does seem to be a desperate attempt to cling to something tangible after death.
If a soul weighs something, then it must exist beyond our bodies. If it leaves, then maybe our world doesn't end the moment we take our last breath. It's a very human thing to think about. Fear, curiosity -
Though shunning it in a world like this, where the dead rise on a whim - perhaps there's more credence to the theory than previously thought.
But it's what you think - there's no right or wrong answer to these questions.
I'm interested in both. Don't get me wrong. The discussion is important, however-
[Odasaku, a man who essentially lived through this hypothetical scenario - he wants to know the answer. Someone brought from death's door and put into another world. Strikes of lightning in the form of a contract.]
I get a little impatient sometimes. To your answer 'I think so' and 'For a little while' - I don't disagree. It's a valid perspective and one most would take.
What makes a human a human? What makes someone, themself? What makes a soul a person's own and if it can be copied, is it worth anything at all?
To be frank, I don't know. We went through an experience in this world where those living here were given alternate lives, distorted memories and a reality that was their own - they all had the same name, Akechi Goro. Maruki Takuto.
But none were 'me' and none were 'Maruki.' If I met with any of them, I would see them as false. I'm sure they would look upon me the same way.
Let me propose another question-
If you were to meet that self in your reality - the Odasaku that exists in this world against the one that may still live in your true world, would you see them both as real?
[There's no Odasaku living in his true reality right now, but he gets what the kid is saying. Akechi's an intense person. Oda thinks he may be enjoying this conversation a little too much.
[Oda doesn't mind that though. He's enjoying it too.]
I'd still consider both of us to be real.
Even so, I did say both of "us" instead of both of "me". I'd seem us as different people.
The same thing could be said merely going through the stages of my life, though. My life at fifteen was entirely different from my life at twenty-three.
You could almost say we're 'recreated' after every major life experience. That growth and knowledge is a catalyst to become someone 'new' - not just in a symbolic way, but in reality as well.
The person whose molecules got put back together will go on to have new experiences and create its own memories regardless. We all do that anyway. So, maybe it doesn't have much to do with souls at all.
You did give me a new way to see this problem and open my mind to potential solutions that could exist. I'll have to think back on similar scenarios and come at them from this new angle.
Would you mind if I messaged you again with another one sometime soon? I would appreciate your view and I have many hypothetical scenarios of a similar nature thanks to a book I found awhile ago.
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If a soul weighs something, then it must exist beyond our bodies. If it leaves, then maybe our world doesn't end the moment we take our last breath. It's a very human thing to think about. Fear, curiosity -
Though shunning it in a world like this, where the dead rise on a whim - perhaps there's more credence to the theory than previously thought.
But it's what you think - there's no right or wrong answer to these questions.
Do you find that copy to be human or not?
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Seems the question has changed though. Are they still human?
[What makes a human? Their bodies? Their thoughts? Their feelings? Their experiences? Their memories?
[Could the new man still feel things, create new memories for himself?
[Oda is a man remade. This body isn't the body he died in. Is he still human? Is he still Oda Sakunosuke?]
I think so.
At least in some way, they'd have to still be the same person too. Even if it's just for a little while.
What do you think?
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[Odasaku, a man who essentially lived through this hypothetical scenario - he wants to know the answer. Someone brought from death's door and put into another world. Strikes of lightning in the form of a contract.]
I get a little impatient sometimes. To your answer 'I think so' and 'For a little while' - I don't disagree. It's a valid perspective and one most would take.
What makes a human a human? What makes someone, themself? What makes a soul a person's own and if it can be copied, is it worth anything at all?
To be frank, I don't know. We went through an experience in this world where those living here were given alternate lives, distorted memories and a reality that was their own - they all had the same name, Akechi Goro. Maruki Takuto.
But none were 'me' and none were 'Maruki.' If I met with any of them, I would see them as false. I'm sure they would look upon me the same way.
Let me propose another question-
If you were to meet that self in your reality - the Odasaku that exists in this world against the one that may still live in your true world, would you see them both as real?
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[Oda doesn't mind that though. He's enjoying it too.]
I'd still consider both of us to be real.
Even so, I did say both of "us" instead of both of "me". I'd seem us as different people.
The same thing could be said merely going through the stages of my life, though. My life at fifteen was entirely different from my life at twenty-three.
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In that sense-
You could almost say we're 'recreated' after every major life experience. That growth and knowledge is a catalyst to become someone 'new' - not just in a symbolic way, but in reality as well.
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The person whose molecules got put back together will go on to have new experiences and create its own memories regardless. We all do that anyway. So, maybe it doesn't have much to do with souls at all.
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We'll never know, of course.
You did give me a new way to see this problem and open my mind to potential solutions that could exist. I'll have to think back on similar scenarios and come at them from this new angle.
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Would you mind if I messaged you again with another one sometime soon? I would appreciate your view and I have many hypothetical scenarios of a similar nature thanks to a book I found awhile ago.
hehe u can wrap up if u wanna
Sure. I'd like that.
Text me any time.