http://askanaturalist.com/do-we-replace-our-cells-every-7-or-10-years/
So it turns out I've been wrong about this. All that philosophical talk about "is it really me anymore if all my cells are replaced" is just useless.
>>8058458
We knew that already
Sage
>>8058458
I understood that was bullshit since first time I heard it in elementary school. Who even belived that?
>>8058458
Why does it render that question useless?
>>8058851
some people might consider it being evidence for the existence of soul that makes you you if all your cells are replaced many times in a lifetime
>>8058862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_neurogenesis
>>8059009
Apparently this can be a response to inflammation and doesn't necessarily increase cognitive function.
>>8058458
Who is this semen demon?
>>8060561
park choa
All 4chan members were replaced by Redditors in the last 5 years. It's still the same 4chan.
Or is it?
>>8058458
>askanaturalist.com
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>Fat cells are replaced at the rate of about 10% per year in adults. So you could say that on average, human beings replace all their fat cells about every ten years.
Oh god, the math.... it burns....
>All that philosophical talk about "is it really me anymore if all my cells are replaced" is just useless.
What philosophical talk?
You mean what you and your friends talk about while gathered around the bong?
Besides, cells aren't really "replaced" exactly.
You don't go down to Walmart and buy new cells.
Every cell in your body is the result of mitosis (or meiosis), and can be traced back to the original zygote.
>>8058458
Humans are points in a mechanical waterfall.
And no, you can't reconcile dualism. Yet, or possibly forever. Sorry. You should handle your personal existentialism on your own instead of trying to primarily argue it out on the internet.
>>8058817
I believed it but I understood that the brain was an exception, hence why people would make a big deal with the expression, "you just killed some of my brain cells"
>>8058458
Seriously, who didn't know this at the very latest in 6th grade?