Tulpas & Theseus (deviation question; what makes you "yourself"?)

[Guest]

Ooh another cool problem, what makes you, you without a specific set of traits that make up your personality, then my answer to thst is simply your perspective, which is based on your memories and experiences, and your form (unless that was also excluded).

 

Without a form or personality, it's purely your perspective, that perspective might not change even if your form and personality did, because your memories and history of experience didn't change. It can change with new experiences, but that would be akin to a culture change, i.e. slow.

[Ranger]

Ah I see, that's a very different question...

 

I go with the flow. I don't care who I "was" yesterday because I'm me now. I called myself me in the past, therefore that person is me, even if I had different perspectives, thoughts, and ideas. I'm not the exact same person I was yesterday, but that person was still me.

 

Usually you can see a chain of changes: I liked this thing, I realized I don't like this thing, ... etc. Over time, that slow mold shows how I changed over time. My host on the other hand is in a completely different place from me personality wise, even though she's not the exact same as she was in the past.