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So if, say, you were completely irradiated - every atom of your being - and fully repaired, would you still be 'you'?

/Is that a transporter energizing I hear?

A buddhist would tell you that a person is not an object, but a process, that consists of 5 aggregates, of which only one is the body. So the objection here is to the use of the word 'you'.

it’s a loose usage. necessary but not sufficient type of thing. if all your DNA instantly disintegrated, the process ends quickly, you are not you in many senses of the word. to preserve the artifact of DNA is to ensure (some of) the process continues uninterrupted; at least a few major failure modes of “the end of you” are mitigated. but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best

> “the end of you”

Then I will entertain you with another Buddhist objection - there is also no "end" since the conditioned "you" exists in the beginningless, endless cycle of samsara, while the unconditioned you (Nibbana) is unborn, unbecome, unmade, unfabricated.

> but gotta love me some Buddhist pedantry y’all can spar with the best

above comment == Q.E.D.

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