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I understand the difficulty

Submitted by Ljones on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 3:00pm.

I understand the difficulty of thinking that you are your brain, but I do feel its a more accurate statement. For example, your knee is a part of your body, yes, but if you had to get knee replacement surgery, would it change who you are? On the other hand, if you had a brain tumor and had the choice to either die with your own brain or get a brain transplant (assuming they could be done) would you do it? I wouldn't.

In that sense, I feel like your brain really is where "you" are.  So, Christopher Reeves might feel like the toe we pinched was "his" toe... but I'm not sure if it is a part of "him" so much as part of something he owns.

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