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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5478451" data-attributes="member: 15538"><p>Fingerprints are accurate, but not definitional. They involve measurement, and in fact, the science of distinguishing one fingerprint from another is still advancing. If you mean in some absolute sense, then it is very easy to prove that you are not you, since your fingerprint is different after a long bath than before. Also, it implies I could make you not you by burning off your fingertips with acid.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That won't successfully distinguish between you and your socks. It also means that your own red blood cells are not you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>History pertains to things in the past, in this case, a past you. Taking your medical history as an example, how much substance do you think you have in common with your six-year-old you? Don't you find it curious that the overwhelming amount of "you" that has ever been you is scattered all over the Earth and not in your physical person? Supposing for a moment that "you" is some sort of immortal soul residing inside of you. In that case, it is easy to demonstrate that your memories don't belong to "you" since they can be destroyed through damage to the brain. Descartes made a really good go of entangling this one; nonetheless his approach has been considered incomplete in that regard.</p><p></p><p>Defining "you" depends on aggregating a number of factors. It includes inclusion as well as exclusion. Consider this argument:</p><p></p><p>1. Birds can fly.</p><p>2. An ostritch cannot fly.</p><p>3. Therefore, an ostritch can fly OR an ostrich is not a bird.</p><p></p><p>So for instance, if I define D&D as a "among other things, a game that has orcs," then a campaign set in Krynn or mythic Greece immediately becomes not-D&D. On the other hand, if D&D is defined as "that which is legitimately branded with the D&D trademark," then D&D becomes whatever WotC say it is. Even if it looks suspiciously like Clue with a warhammer instead of a lead pipe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 5478451, member: 15538"] Fingerprints are accurate, but not definitional. They involve measurement, and in fact, the science of distinguishing one fingerprint from another is still advancing. If you mean in some absolute sense, then it is very easy to prove that you are not you, since your fingerprint is different after a long bath than before. Also, it implies I could make you not you by burning off your fingertips with acid. That won't successfully distinguish between you and your socks. It also means that your own red blood cells are not you. History pertains to things in the past, in this case, a past you. Taking your medical history as an example, how much substance do you think you have in common with your six-year-old you? Don't you find it curious that the overwhelming amount of "you" that has ever been you is scattered all over the Earth and not in your physical person? Supposing for a moment that "you" is some sort of immortal soul residing inside of you. In that case, it is easy to demonstrate that your memories don't belong to "you" since they can be destroyed through damage to the brain. Descartes made a really good go of entangling this one; nonetheless his approach has been considered incomplete in that regard. Defining "you" depends on aggregating a number of factors. It includes inclusion as well as exclusion. Consider this argument: 1. Birds can fly. 2. An ostritch cannot fly. 3. Therefore, an ostritch can fly OR an ostrich is not a bird. So for instance, if I define D&D as a "among other things, a game that has orcs," then a campaign set in Krynn or mythic Greece immediately becomes not-D&D. On the other hand, if D&D is defined as "that which is legitimately branded with the D&D trademark," then D&D becomes whatever WotC say it is. Even if it looks suspiciously like Clue with a warhammer instead of a lead pipe. [/QUOTE]
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