I and we

[the_fantastic_ms_fox]

So, where I'm going with this talk of evolution and cognition, where I have gone with this, is what if our concepts of individualty are just... arbitrary? A paradigm of 'me' and 'you' and 'her' and 'him' and 'they' and 'y'all' and 'us' founded in our nature, circularly bolstered by a self-interest without a real self to back it up? It looks that way.
                                                        I do not exist. Neither do you.

So if all these words are just convenient handles, then what are we?
Or rather what is "we?" What meaning does it have? Where are the borders of identity? The KMM crowd? Humans? Sapient life-forms? An ecosystem with perceiving/affecting components? A universe with... whatever.
                                                  Walls fall, then the roof follows

Who am I? What is I? What is the fundamental unit of identity? My body? My brain? Parts of it but not others? This part here and this part there as one... or two seeparate? A waking day? A few moments of thought?
                                            Now I'm winking in...  (you see me)
                                                      ...now out      (you don't)

What are the edges of thought? Of feeling? Of soul? We are islands in the deep, yes. But islands like this are just the tips along vast ranges of mountains. The water is a barrier unless you can become a fish.

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[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Fuck yeah.