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So then the stuff I provided isn't accurate? The comment at the end mentioned a collection of "highly inaccurate cultural beliefs" but I have no idea what that could mean. I'm also not sure what there not being a self would mean per se.

BoltStorm
– BoltStorm

2026-01-31 07:20:44 +00:00
Commented yesterday
@BoltStorm: I would say the fact that you have no idea what your friend means in this case is because they are, simply, confused. No, their claims are not accurate.

keshlam
– keshlam

2026-01-31 14:21:30 +00:00
Commented 21 hours ago
@BoltStorm, Your friend's supposed "claims" are not only not accurate, but are nothing more than unsubstantiated, pessimistic personal opinion. There is no objective science behind any of them, so don't let it drag you down. If the self didn't exist we wouldn't have the society we have, "science" as a thing would not even exist, and you wouldn't have asked the question because you'd just be sitting there processing food into poop.

Michael Hall
– Michael Hall

2026-01-31 17:56:11 +00:00
Commented 18 hours ago
@MichaelHall Well the arguments I got from him is that it's a story and that you can survive without a story and he made the argument that infants don't have a narrative,

BoltStorm
– BoltStorm

2026-01-31 19:05:21 +00:00
Commented 17 hours ago
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@MichaelHall I don't think I said he was my friend but you might be right. He seems too certain of science being able to answer every question when science tends to raise more questions than it answers.

BoltStorm
– BoltStorm

2026-02-01 05:36:48 +00:00
Commented 6 hours ago

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