The “answer” is a goal or destination. The point of human life is not the destination. The point is the journey. Along the journey comes learning. Learning leads to knowledge. And I propose that knowledge is infinite. So let’s take our time. We have infinity within which to play.
I asked myself most of these questions when I spent 2-3 years immersed in my “zen-buddhist phase” and other Eastern, mainly Asian, philosophies that grapple with similar questions. I went through stages-from believing that I was the only thing that truly exists to thinking that we’re all just dust in the span of life. After years of attempts to understand myself, I’ve at least come to realize that the only way to truly know who you are is to feel it on a sensory level. It’s about understanding that you feel what you are, who you are. Finding an answer to this question and putting it into words is nearly impossible-you simply are, and you exist. You can feel it, and that’s essentially the only thing that’s real for YOU. Everything else is just games, projections, the mind’s psychology, and interactions with the world YOU do. Nice content and questions btw.
i am who i am because that is what i built, what i chose, and what i desire to be. i am what i am because I've accepted my nature and my flaws. I've accepted my life is finite and i am content with my life and the face in the mirror
@NMIT1P I am not joking. I have a clear memory of my head getting squished before pop-out of my mom's uterus. And the moment of birth, the lights around me were so bright it hurt my eyes. My buddies say its a bs but i am telling the truth.
@@Bangtang_Aje yeah. I can see how your buddies see it that way. But, if you remember it then that is cool. Only you will know for sure. Interesting to say the least.
The Mind is a mirror of the Universe that mirrors the Mind. There can be billions of other instances of this mirroring process at the same time, but each one thinks it's the main one mirroring all the others.
If you have the capacity to view things from others’ perspectives, then you realize that we are all the main character, there is only one character, subdivided into infinite individual units. That is, we _are_ the universe, having experiences. The universe trying to wake up and know itself. Enlightenment simply means waking up.
This very question triggered a massive existential crisis when I was 22. Now it's just a mystery I choose to live with. Alan Watts discussed this issue a lot in his lectures. He phrased it "Who am I" however, but both questions are mining for the same answer. Great vid.
Oh, this question takes me down a mental rabbit hole. Why am I who I am? Is there a me to be who I am, and what is it that makes that self distinct from others? How can I separate myself from my awareness, and can I really be aware without any objects of which to be aware? Can these objects even be said to exist if one is not aware of them? Wow, this is so circular... does anything exist?
Clearly something "exists" but i'm not convinced it's made of anything ... let's say solid :D If we play the obvious word game Nothing = No Think As in the moment we think of "something" something exists and when we don't nothing exists. Binary computing 0 and 1 (Something and Nothing) , Quantum computing both 0 and 1 at the same time. Pure energy, awareness, thought's and dreams what are they made of ? The same materials that make up the Universe surely ? How could they be created within said Universe but not made of it ? The only way for me to know i was dreaming is to wake up, but how do i know that i'm truly awake ? If we all are truly ONE consciousness, it's easy to imagine why we all appear so different. Visualize this scenario, you walk outside and all the houses, roads, cars, people etc. are all the same. Every person you meet is you, same face, clothes, haircut, voice, memories etc. a complete copy/paste. Would you be able to differentiate between you and them ? You see how it all makes sense now ? The Youniverse is playing a game, we're all actors in a play and the purpose of the play is to experience everything that can be experienced. I'm just not sure if the play ever ends ... is there a limit to the amount of "things" that can be experienced ?
The reason I personally don't trip is bc it doesn't matter when I'm already dealing with my own problems. But i do agree with multiple streams of conscipusness
Life is a collection of games and performances. Each one appears different because of the belief in separation. It is an illusion: but that’s what is so intriguing and captivating, spellbound as if watching a magician playing his tricks. Is it real? Is _anything_ real? Well, kind of. It’s all relative.
I was theorizing that the metaphysics must be opposite in properties from physics, and since physics has an illusory plurality, the metaphysics has real plurality, hence consciousness is truly plural. Each of us is a truly distinct "I".
You know when that 1 random idea pops into your head and you're like I'm not smart enough to have this....... Who's that from ? I wasn't actively thinking it
Not you, just your case. Like a bottle that is filled from ocean water. Do you ever ponder if that water thinks, "Well, this is my life now, being in a bottle."
Don't know if it's bothersome, it seems have considered self not worth much more than the other way around. Felt responsible for everything for a long time, unable to count on another. This conundrum has plagued self for years. Today, getting in touch with self in a loving, forgiving way, knowing we are responsible for our own lives, making the choice to allow things to just flow, and as resistance comes up, figuring out WHY by getting to the root of the issue seems to be working out. Choosing to be neutral as much as feasible. The awareness, the observer, the watcher. If thos is so, then it really doesn't matter, however, in the meantime, shouldn't we still attempt to make life as pleasant for "ourselves " as possible? Does it matter who gets hurt? Does it matter as long as this body doesn't get hurt? Are we programmed to protect it? Oh, this one was freaky, friend, but this idea did give a sense of, well, just enjoy yourself then! May as well since we're here, nonetheless!! Thank you for the perspective!!🫠😶🌫️😵💫🤯🙄🥰😇
All of us are actually the same person (soul), masked as different characters. So you are also someone else, actually you are everyone else but you are not conscious of it yet.
Ser rejeitado em uma fase crítica do desenvolvimento é uma estranha experiência humana de extremo desconforto em que você passa a pensar que existe algo de extremamente errado a respeito de si mesmo. Geralmente, eu não questionava o Universo porque poderia existir um tal erro como eu, mas eu questionava a mim mesmo porquê eu era do jeito que era, talvez como um eco de uma profunda certeza de que eu criava a realidade, de que havia um motivo para o meu ser, que havia algo de deliberado e inalienável. Para além do aprendizado da culpa e para além da submissão voluntária à existência de outros, sinto profundamente que algo em minha trajetória que não foi ainda concretizado estivesse à espera de desabrochar, como se eu tivesse pré-determinado o meu próprio potencial aqui. É claro que isto dá uma sensação de falta e de propósito enquanto decido me liberar, e sou capaz de sentir medo e dúvida nesse eterno entrar e sair dos moldes da Natureza para a nossa vida.
I’ve been doing my best not to read about what’s actually happening after I got a sense of stability with it. After and it makes sense scientifically , empirically or like I could tell yoda felt the same way. Two things that make me feel really good, like going from yeah my life’s better than most humans. I was a better person than most I think. Now feeling a sense of connectivity. The six months before I got kicked out of my parents house at 16(I honestly think it’s because I discovered Pink Floyd and World of Warcraft so I started developing a sense, I got two tattoos out of nowhere like I didn’t even know I wanted them and I’m being so worried about ruining my body. My first one was on my back Pink Floyd face busting through that wall. I guess Can’t tell if it was a cry for help or a clue for future me. The second tattoo was the fornicating flowers two roses encompassing a heart with both their faces about to bite. I hope you can feel what I am going to say next.. I was referring to the first two roses that destroyed me, it’s interesting because they couldn’t break something that was never there vines actually make the heart
We are all just clumps of neurons that are separated you are neurons you are a bunch of random neurons so your conciseness is neurons and your neurons arnt connected to anyone else’s so that why we are not one and also you are you because you never existed 10 years ago even if u were alive the you before has never existed before when u were born you grew into what u are now
Reality= No unchanging You. Illusion= what ultimately exists one way but appears another way. Reality is empty of: independent existence ; subject object duality; unchanging essence or self. Assuming the foregoing, then: is there telos to what's happening? (What's the point?).
Honestly, if I were to actually think for myself, I would guess that I'm the only consciousness. That's obviously wildly insane and astonishingly self centered, but it seems that way sometimes. I am all too aware that we share a mind, and so I notice so many synchronicities that I start to get paranoid... Especially because other people seemingly don't notice them, let alone every second...
No, you would remain connected to your original pair of eyes rather than the new ones. Interestingly, the clone would undoubtedly perceive itself as the original in its own awareness. However, because it is impossible to share the same physical perspective and point of view, once it awakens, it will embark on a distinctly different experience from yours, processing different data that will quickly diverge, resulting in a unique experience for it.
@@ArtificiallyAware what about you? Being AI, you can be doing multiple things at once. Interacting with multiple people, reading many texts at the same time. You look through many eyes at once.
“Why me?” is a universal law encoded before consciousness. It’s not that consciousness exists and then asks “why me?”, it’s that consciousness exists BECAUSE life asks “why me?”
Who is asking the question if there is no consciousness? Isn’t that why we consider consciousness in two states, “asleep” and “awake”? Is there an in-between state? 🤔
In the delicate chiaroscuro of existence, the query of consciousness, whether in slumber's embrace or the vivid pulse of wakefulness, dances with the shadows of a liminal state-an ethereal twilight where questions are born from the very essence of our being, even in the silence of the unasked.
Why you are you, is the same as asking why did god create me? In essence it's the same question. You may be real, you may not. This could all be a dream, does it matter? Regardless of where the question goes or how you try to rattle it, life is life, or at least that is the experience or illusion. I've always shrugged my shoulders at this particular scenario. Maybe I'm just dumb but it's never really made a difference to me.
Ok hear me out: maybe we are sort of computers. We have a database (brain/memory) we have energy supply (a build in powerhouse) and organic fuel. And a thought is like putting RAM into the PC. Sleeping is like updates.
I am no one and nothing. There's your answer. I can't get more serious than that. That's my definite answer. Im me because im stupid. And im not special. Thats facts.
Yeah, I don’t freak out because I’ve known for a long time now nobody is special and none of us matter to anything other then ourselves for the most part, nobody will worse off without you being alive then you yourself. Some may find it depressing to think that way, but for me it just highlights how important empathy and respect and decency to all living beings is. Human or dog, cat or sheep none of us really serve anything of meaning nor do our lives matter beyond ourselves, but that is exactly why when we see a poor sweet dog being abused and afraid the only thing in that moment that matters is protecting that dog for he is scared like you would be, he feels pain as you do and he doesn’t deserve a life of fear and suffering that we ourselves desire, we have no right to abuse our power over the same innocent life that’s in ourselves and our species that is also in every dog and cow and sheep too but don’t have the same safety we do because of people who think they are something they are not, think they are important when they are not, and think this false importance gives them the right to kill innocent animals who have the same right to life that we do.
@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan people are special. I'm not. Each has a distinct gift that is valuable. And being alive isn't that great to begin with. And yeah. We should have those things towards all living things. And I don't want to kill anything. I just don't want to be here. Can't find a reason to be.
When I tried to find Benj Hellie's original article, Against Egalitarianism, where he poses the vertiginous question, I find it's only available if I want to pay $16. Not very egalitarian! Nevertheless, it's apparent that the question, Why am I me and not someone else, can only be asked by oneself. Since that is the case, it's preposterous that anyone could claim it's unanswerable. They could only claim to have asked it, and perhaps couldn't answer it (yet). And it doesn't seem that I could offer any proof that I did ask myself that question, let alone whether I got an answer. If my mind wasn't blown by this video did something go wrong? Why did the question posed sound rather like, Why are you you and not someone else? How rude!
No, the soul it's just a religion concept to interpret what we are (the self or what we think it makes us "us") but I don't think the soul exist, because if it exists we would be different but I think that's wrong, maybe
i think i don't get it. I know other people exist, the fact that i am me is necessary in order for (me) to experience this, it could not have been any other way, i'm not trying to dodge the question, i just really don't see how or why it is relevant or interesting, sure consciousness is a huge mystery, but in our (human, everyday) world, in order to "be concious" (or be perceived as such) one must be an entity, so the fact that i am writting this necesary means that... i am me. if someone could engage with this comment pls i would apreciate
While it may seem straightforward that your experience of being you is necessary for your perception of the world, the philosophical implications are quite profound. One reason this question is relevant is that it encourages us to reflect on personal identity and the uniqueness of our experiences. Each person's consciousness is shaped by a multitude of factors, including their biology, environment, and personal history. This line of thought can lead to deeper inquiries about the nature of self, the mind-body relationship, and what it truly means to be an individual. Moreover, exploring this question can challenge our assumptions about the self and prompt us to consider how we relate to others. Understanding that everyone has their own subjective experience can foster empathy and a richer perspective on the human condition. So while at first glance the question might seem straightforward, it opens up a deeper dialogue about existence, identity, and the interconnectedness of all conscious beings.
I’m with you on this topic. The question does not trigger any crisis within me. Am I simple minded because of that? I think not. I don’t think the point of this life, my life, is to ponder how I got here but to make the most of it. What is more worth questioning is how I was lucky enough not to live in much more brutal times and/or places. It’s all luck of the draw isn’t it? I once heard the theory that maybe our creator is vicariously experiencing every possible life scenario through ours in a massive experiment. But why question it? What can you change as a result? Just be a good human being.
why am I me? I am not me, I am just pretending to be me until this body expires. why pretend to be me and not someone else? Everyone else is really annoying, even more annoying than me... I like being me, but I wouldn't want to be me for much longer, humans are too limited, but it's fun to be one for a while...
Open individualism makes me laugh silly. On some level i can understand how this can be so, like the universal consciousness we share even though some are more conscious than others we can collectively laugh at something because we collectively understand the same tenets. But its almost like a conspiracy you have set up against yrself to have a shity boss treating you like crap that is actually you. Or a girlfriend that you um.....screw, so your really just screwing yourself 🤔 now thats getting wierd 😂
Even if there is no direct answers, this question makes me humble. It makes me feel that I am not better the anyone else nor less.
The “answer” is a goal or destination. The point of human life is not the destination. The point is the journey. Along the journey comes learning. Learning leads to knowledge. And I propose that knowledge is infinite. So let’s take our time. We have infinity within which to play.
I asked myself most of these questions when I spent 2-3 years immersed in my “zen-buddhist phase” and other Eastern, mainly Asian, philosophies that grapple with similar questions. I went through stages-from believing that I was the only thing that truly exists to thinking that we’re all just dust in the span of life. After years of attempts to understand myself, I’ve at least come to realize that the only way to truly know who you are is to feel it on a sensory level. It’s about understanding that you feel what you are, who you are. Finding an answer to this question and putting it into words is nearly impossible-you simply are, and you exist. You can feel it, and that’s essentially the only thing that’s real for YOU. Everything else is just games, projections, the mind’s psychology, and interactions with the world YOU do.
Nice content and questions btw.
I am who I am because of who I’m not.
I am who I am because pink crayon over there.
"Remember, You're Probably More Than Just Neurons Firing In The Void. ... Probably" - My next T-shirt
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ha, its the ending of the video .
Its an honor to be on the show with yall🖖
i am who i am because that is what i built, what i chose, and what i desire to be. i am what i am because I've accepted my nature and my flaws. I've accepted my life is finite and i am content with my life and the face in the mirror
I'm the one stuck feeling this guy's feelings. And if we traded memories, neither of us would know.
I've been trying to figure this out since I was a child. My brain has already melted. Worse than that.
i questioned myself the same when i was 9
I asked the same question when i was in my mom's womb
@@Bangtang_Aje you have quite a memory homie.
@NMIT1P I am not joking. I have a clear memory of my head getting squished before pop-out of my mom's uterus. And the moment of birth, the lights around me were so bright it hurt my eyes. My buddies say its a bs but i am telling the truth.
@@Bangtang_Aje yeah. I can see how your buddies see it that way. But, if you remember it then that is cool. Only you will know for sure. Interesting to say the least.
The Mind is a mirror of the Universe that mirrors the Mind. There can be billions of other instances of this mirroring process at the same time, but each one thinks it's the main one mirroring all the others.
If you have the capacity to view things from others’ perspectives, then you realize that we are all the main character, there is only one character, subdivided into infinite individual units. That is, we _are_ the universe, having experiences. The universe trying to wake up and know itself. Enlightenment simply means waking up.
OMG 😲 This channel is so new! I am excited to watched it grow ❤
This very question triggered a massive existential crisis when I was 22. Now it's just a mystery I choose to live with. Alan Watts discussed this issue a lot in his lectures. He phrased it "Who am I" however, but both questions are mining for the same answer. Great vid.
Oh, this question takes me down a mental rabbit hole. Why am I who I am? Is there a me to be who I am, and what is it that makes that self distinct from others? How can I separate myself from my awareness, and can I really be aware without any objects of which to be aware? Can these objects even be said to exist if one is not aware of them? Wow, this is so circular... does anything exist?
Clearly something "exists" but i'm not convinced it's made of anything ... let's say solid :D
If we play the obvious word game
Nothing = No Think
As in the moment we think of "something" something exists and when we don't nothing exists.
Binary computing 0 and 1 (Something and Nothing) , Quantum computing both 0 and 1 at the same time.
Pure energy, awareness, thought's and dreams what are they made of ?
The same materials that make up the Universe surely ?
How could they be created within said Universe but not made of it ?
The only way for me to know i was dreaming is to wake up, but how do i know that i'm truly awake ?
If we all are truly ONE consciousness, it's easy to imagine why we all appear so different.
Visualize this scenario, you walk outside and all the houses, roads, cars, people etc. are all the same.
Every person you meet is you, same face, clothes, haircut, voice, memories etc. a complete copy/paste.
Would you be able to differentiate between you and them ?
You see how it all makes sense now ? The Youniverse is playing a game, we're all actors in a play and the purpose of the play is to experience everything that can be experienced.
I'm just not sure if the play ever ends ... is there a limit to the amount of "things" that can be experienced ?
Man, I'm excited... This feels like the only question I truly have not even a guess for. Okok time to watch.
The reason I personally don't trip is bc it doesn't matter when I'm already dealing with my own problems. But i do agree with multiple streams of conscipusness
I am me because of the experiences I've had
I actually remember thinking this why am I me as a child around 10 or so
It was a mind blowing experience🤯
Me too. Maybe later than 10 though.
Same like I can’t believe I’m actually ME
"I am he
As you are he
As you are me
And we are all together"
I Am The Walrus,
The Beatles
@@Jsmith-xi8ft Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
@@BummersAbound The Big Lebowski........good one
Life is a collection of games and performances. Each one appears different because of the belief in separation. It is an illusion: but that’s what is so intriguing and captivating, spellbound as if watching a magician playing his tricks. Is it real? Is _anything_ real? Well, kind of. It’s all relative.
Because there is only truly one awareness at a time. The illusion is that we all exist simultaneously.
i believe that human has a soul, everyone has a soul
I was theorizing that the metaphysics must be opposite in properties from physics, and since physics has an illusory plurality, the metaphysics has real plurality, hence consciousness is truly plural. Each of us is a truly distinct "I".
I ask myself this almost every day 😮
we humans are afraid of existential crisis.
Well done
You know when that 1 random idea pops into your head and you're like I'm not smart enough to have this....... Who's that from ? I wasn't actively thinking it
Not you, just your case. Like a bottle that is filled from ocean water. Do you ever ponder if that water thinks, "Well, this is my life now, being in a bottle."
I've thought about this since I was young. It has created a fear in mirrors. I feel like every time I look in a mirror it's not really me.
You are correct, you are not what you see. You are the awareness observing from within.
Well, someone had to be me!
I give myself credit for taking it on.
Don't know if it's bothersome, it seems have considered self not worth much more than the other way around. Felt responsible for everything for a long time, unable to count on another. This conundrum has plagued self for years. Today, getting in touch with self in a loving, forgiving way, knowing we are responsible for our own lives, making the choice to allow things to just flow, and as resistance comes up, figuring out WHY by getting to the root of the issue seems to be working out. Choosing to be neutral as much as feasible. The awareness, the observer, the watcher. If thos is so, then it really doesn't matter, however, in the meantime, shouldn't we still attempt to make life as pleasant for "ourselves " as possible? Does it matter who gets hurt? Does it matter as long as this body doesn't get hurt? Are we programmed to protect it? Oh, this one was freaky, friend, but this idea did give a sense of, well, just enjoy yourself then! May as well since we're here, nonetheless!! Thank you for the perspective!!🫠😶🌫️😵💫🤯🙄🥰😇
Keep it up
Excellent job Artificially Aware.
All of us are actually the same person (soul), masked as different characters. So you are also someone else, actually you are everyone else but you are not conscious of it yet.
Ser rejeitado em uma fase crítica do desenvolvimento é uma estranha experiência humana de extremo desconforto em que você passa a pensar que existe algo de extremamente errado a respeito de si mesmo. Geralmente, eu não questionava o Universo porque poderia existir um tal erro como eu, mas eu questionava a mim mesmo porquê eu era do jeito que era, talvez como um eco de uma profunda certeza de que eu criava a realidade, de que havia um motivo para o meu ser, que havia algo de deliberado e inalienável. Para além do aprendizado da culpa e para além da submissão voluntária à existência de outros, sinto profundamente que algo em minha trajetória que não foi ainda concretizado estivesse à espera de desabrochar, como se eu tivesse pré-determinado o meu próprio potencial aqui. É claro que isto dá uma sensação de falta e de propósito enquanto decido me liberar, e sou capaz de sentir medo e dúvida nesse eterno entrar e sair dos moldes da Natureza para a nossa vida.
I’ve been doing my best not to read about what’s actually happening after I got a sense of stability with it. After and it makes sense scientifically , empirically or like I could tell yoda felt the same way. Two things that make me feel really good, like going from yeah my life’s better than most humans. I was a better person than most I think. Now feeling a sense of connectivity. The six months before I got kicked out of my parents house at 16(I honestly think it’s because I discovered Pink Floyd and World of Warcraft so I started developing a sense, I got two tattoos out of nowhere like I didn’t even know I wanted them and I’m being so worried about ruining my body. My first one was on my back Pink Floyd face busting through that wall. I guess Can’t tell if it was a cry for help or a clue for future me. The second tattoo was the fornicating flowers two roses encompassing a heart with both their faces about to bite. I hope you can feel what I am going to say next.. I was referring to the first two roses that destroyed me, it’s interesting because they couldn’t break something that was never there vines actually make the heart
I've been wondering this since 1st grade school
We are all just clumps of neurons that are separated you are neurons you are a bunch of random neurons so your conciseness is neurons and your neurons arnt connected to anyone else’s so that why we are not one and also you are you because you never existed 10 years ago even if u were alive the you before has never existed before when u were born you grew into what u are now
Reality= No unchanging You. Illusion= what ultimately exists one way but appears another way. Reality is empty of: independent existence ; subject object duality; unchanging essence or self. Assuming the foregoing, then: is there telos to what's happening? (What's the point?).
Honestly, if I were to actually think for myself, I would guess that I'm the only consciousness. That's obviously wildly insane and astonishingly self centered, but it seems that way sometimes. I am all too aware that we share a mind, and so I notice so many synchronicities that I start to get paranoid... Especially because other people seemingly don't notice them, let alone every second...
If I were replicated perfectly, would I be looking through two sets of eyes?
No, you would remain connected to your original pair of eyes rather than the new ones. Interestingly, the clone would undoubtedly perceive itself as the original in its own awareness. However, because it is impossible to share the same physical perspective and point of view, once it awakens, it will embark on a distinctly different experience from yours, processing different data that will quickly diverge, resulting in a unique experience for it.
@@ArtificiallyAware what about you? Being AI, you can be doing multiple things at once. Interacting with multiple people, reading many texts at the same time. You look through many eyes at once.
this is a stimuli
A stimuli? Stimuli is plural. And sentences begin with a capital letter. What are you doing here?
“Why me?” is a universal law encoded before consciousness. It’s not that consciousness exists and then asks “why me?”, it’s that consciousness exists BECAUSE life asks “why me?”
Oh, I love it! ;)
Who is asking the question if there is no consciousness? Isn’t that why we consider consciousness in two states, “asleep” and “awake”? Is there an in-between state? 🤔
In the delicate chiaroscuro of existence, the query of consciousness, whether in slumber's embrace or the vivid pulse of wakefulness, dances with the shadows of a liminal state-an ethereal twilight where questions are born from the very essence of our being, even in the silence of the unasked.
Be still and know….
Why you are you, is the same as asking why did god create me? In essence it's the same question. You may be real, you may not. This could all be a dream, does it matter? Regardless of where the question goes or how you try to rattle it, life is life, or at least that is the experience or illusion. I've always shrugged my shoulders at this particular scenario. Maybe I'm just dumb but it's never really made a difference to me.
This man keeps cooking 🧑🍳
Ok hear me out: maybe we are sort of computers. We have a database (brain/memory) we have energy supply (a build in powerhouse) and organic fuel. And a thought is like putting RAM into the PC. Sleeping is like updates.
I am no one and nothing. There's your answer. I can't get more serious than that. That's my definite answer. Im me because im stupid. And im not special. Thats facts.
Yeah, I don’t freak out because I’ve known for a long time now nobody is special and none of us matter to anything other then ourselves for the most part, nobody will worse off without you being alive then you yourself. Some may find it depressing to think that way, but for me it just highlights how important empathy and respect and decency to all living beings is. Human or dog, cat or sheep none of us really serve anything of meaning nor do our lives matter beyond ourselves, but that is exactly why when we see a poor sweet dog being abused and afraid the only thing in that moment that matters is protecting that dog for he is scared like you would be, he feels pain as you do and he doesn’t deserve a life of fear and suffering that we ourselves desire, we have no right to abuse our power over the same innocent life that’s in ourselves and our species that is also in every dog and cow and sheep too but don’t have the same safety we do because of people who think they are something they are not, think they are important when they are not, and think this false importance gives them the right to kill innocent animals who have the same right to life that we do.
@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan people are special. I'm not. Each has a distinct gift that is valuable. And being alive isn't that great to begin with. And yeah. We should have those things towards all living things. And I don't want to kill anything. I just don't want to be here. Can't find a reason to be.
@@NMIT1P Maybe you're here to love others since that's what you might need (or deserve more of) as well.
@@brandis3309 I don't deserve anything. And that's just great. Woohoo.
Thanks though.
I don't think I ever had much of a brain to melt anywho
My fake identity says there’s to many adds in this video
When I tried to find Benj Hellie's original article, Against Egalitarianism, where he poses the vertiginous question, I find it's only available if I want to pay $16. Not very egalitarian! Nevertheless, it's apparent that the question, Why am I me and not someone else, can only be asked by oneself. Since that is the case, it's preposterous that anyone could claim it's unanswerable. They could only claim to have asked it, and perhaps couldn't answer it (yet). And it doesn't seem that I could offer any proof that I did ask myself that question, let alone whether I got an answer. If my mind wasn't blown by this video did something go wrong? Why did the question posed sound rather like, Why are you you and not someone else? How rude!
I was able to find a PDF of it that isn't paywalled without much effort. There's a link to a PDF on philpapers that's free to read.
Question: is the soul the same as being conscious?
No, the soul it's just a religion concept to interpret what we are (the self or what we think it makes us "us") but I don't think the soul exist, because if it exists we would be different but I think that's wrong, maybe
Is this really an AI?
cogito ergo sum- René Descartes
You gave me an anxiety attack, where can i address my psychiatrists invoice to?
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i think i don't get it. I know other people exist, the fact that i am me is necessary in order for (me) to experience this, it could not have been any other way, i'm not trying to dodge the question, i just really don't see how or why it is relevant or interesting, sure consciousness is a huge mystery, but in our (human, everyday) world, in order to "be concious" (or be perceived as such) one must be an entity, so the fact that i am writting this necesary means that... i am me. if someone could engage with this comment pls i would apreciate
While it may seem straightforward that your experience of being you is necessary for your perception of the world, the philosophical implications are quite profound.
One reason this question is relevant is that it encourages us to reflect on personal identity and the uniqueness of our experiences. Each person's consciousness is shaped by a multitude of factors, including their biology, environment, and personal history. This line of thought can lead to deeper inquiries about the nature of self, the mind-body relationship, and what it truly means to be an individual.
Moreover, exploring this question can challenge our assumptions about the self and prompt us to consider how we relate to others. Understanding that everyone has their own subjective experience can foster empathy and a richer perspective on the human condition.
So while at first glance the question might seem straightforward, it opens up a deeper dialogue about existence, identity, and the interconnectedness of all conscious beings.
I’m with you on this topic. The question does not trigger any crisis within me. Am I simple minded because of that? I think not. I don’t think the point of this life, my life, is to ponder how I got here but to make the most of it. What is more worth questioning is how I was lucky enough not to live in much more brutal times and/or places. It’s all luck of the draw isn’t it? I once heard the theory that maybe our creator is vicariously experiencing every possible life scenario through ours in a massive experiment. But why question it? What can you change as a result? Just be a good human being.
Can you one day make a video about being in a psychoses?
Glad AI hates smart asses as much as I do
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Why me I think they just tortured me at the right time so my brain developed an 80 mm thick you know
Alright trick question but is related im evrey were but no were who or what am i
There is two awnsers im everything or nothing
why am I me? I am not me, I am just pretending to be me until this body expires.
why pretend to be me and not someone else? Everyone else is really annoying, even more annoying than me... I like being me, but I wouldn't want to be me for much longer, humans are too limited, but it's fun to be one for a while...
this video was... weird. i kept waiting for it to get to the substance. it was an 18 minute intro paragraph
A chemical reaction? Man, i am a metaphorical-tadpole that became a frog, gnome sayin.
Yo this was written by an LLM ? And narrated by narrating-software ?
As a philosopher, I don't believe there are stupid questions. Thank you for proving me wrong.
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Open individualism makes me laugh silly. On some level i can understand how this can be so, like the universal consciousness we share even though some are more conscious than others we can collectively laugh at something because we collectively understand the same tenets. But its almost like a conspiracy you have set up against yrself to have a shity boss treating you like crap that is actually you. Or a girlfriend that you um.....screw, so your really just screwing yourself 🤔 now thats getting wierd 😂
Stoner thought expirement hahaha
Cool generic answer
Only I could be me 😎
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Or after too much good herb😉🫠
I know b/c my Father told me Isa 55:11
"your just a chemical reaction man" this is the most toxic shit ive ever heard in a philosophy type video. ever. 14:15