[joshuaturner]

ah man I really wanted to be a new person

[malux85]

Then just believe it,

Abstract thing A you can never measure gives you joy and renewal

Abstract thing B you can never measure holds you back and limits you

The practical difference is zero or near zero, so go and be joyful and happy!

[scoofy]

It doesn’t matter whether the cells actually change. The persistence of the self, and even consciousness itself, are very possibly an illusion.

[jstanley]

Consciousness is the only thing that can not possibly be an illusion.

Whenever this comes up I have to wonder if half the people are secretly p-zombies and actually genuinely aren't sure whether consciousness is an illusion because they've never experienced it? I know that's not a very charitable take but I just can't see how any conscious being could imagine that consciousness could be an illusion!

Consciousness isn't the illusion, consciousness is the audience!

[satisfice]

Consciousness is a phenomenon, but not an illusion. An illusion is something that seems to be there, yet is not. But consciousness is a self-evident experience.

However, there are gradiations of consciousness. The experience we have on the edge of sleep is qualitatively different than the experience even five seconds after waking up to a cat attack in the middle of the night (I have experienced that).

[daxfohl]

A body's atoms do completely recycle every 5-7 years though. 98 percent are recycled annually. Weird.

[darkr]

Incorrect