but you perceive your existence continuing 100% of the time
Do you think that your existence and your perception of your existence are ontologically fundamental things that either are or aren’t, that either continue or don’t continue?
What if the bullet destroys your memories, but not the perception of your existence? Are “you” still continuing?
What if the bullet destroys the pattern of your self-perception, so that you still have your memories, but the way you process thought and memory is sufficiently different that you don’t feel like you’re the same person as you were before the bullet?
The “Quantum Immortality” fallacy depends on treating people’s existence as an ontologically fundamental thing that somehow “continues”, dragging along memory and sense of self-awareness both. And probably your tastes in music and your movie preferences as well, it’s convenient like that.
Do you think that your existence and your perception of your existence are ontologically fundamental things that either are or aren’t, that either continue or don’t continue?
What if the bullet destroys your memories, but not the perception of your existence? Are “you” still continuing? What if the bullet destroys the pattern of your self-perception, so that you still have your memories, but the way you process thought and memory is sufficiently different that you don’t feel like you’re the same person as you were before the bullet?
The “Quantum Immortality” fallacy depends on treating people’s existence as an ontologically fundamental thing that somehow “continues”, dragging along memory and sense of self-awareness both. And probably your tastes in music and your movie preferences as well, it’s convenient like that.