During the first
week and a half of this new trimester, we’ve had plenty of interesting
discussions about a variety of topics. Ranging from the preference of a short,
happy life over a long, miserable one to what makes up a person’s identity.
Everything we’ve talked about has been a new idea for me to consider and apply
to my own life.
One concept that made me think for a very long time is personal identity. The various theories regarding where our identity lays struck me. The body theory seems entirely implausible to me, I don’t think that our identity is only in our body. Although it may play a part in the sense that our bodies are what identify us to the world, I think that it is a much smaller role than our minds. When I consider it, I am who I am due to the things I’ve experienced and the way I think much more than the body I show to the world. Although some aspects of my identity may change with the way my body looks, it would never be able to fundamentally change who I am. My confidence could increase, the way other people act towards me could change, but what I hold to be important in my identity comes from inside of me.
Watching Source Code was just as thought provoking as some of the group discussions that took place over the past few weeks. The ending brought up the idea of alternate universes. I do think that, in a weird way, it’s entirely plausible to consider the multiverse theory. In another world, I could be a famous musician traveling the world, and in another I could be already graduated from high school and attending college early. As terrifying and strange as it sounds, there is no reason why it couldn’t happen. It is silly to think that this is the only universe or the only place where something is happening, everything is bigger than we are.
One concept that made me think for a very long time is personal identity. The various theories regarding where our identity lays struck me. The body theory seems entirely implausible to me, I don’t think that our identity is only in our body. Although it may play a part in the sense that our bodies are what identify us to the world, I think that it is a much smaller role than our minds. When I consider it, I am who I am due to the things I’ve experienced and the way I think much more than the body I show to the world. Although some aspects of my identity may change with the way my body looks, it would never be able to fundamentally change who I am. My confidence could increase, the way other people act towards me could change, but what I hold to be important in my identity comes from inside of me.
Watching Source Code was just as thought provoking as some of the group discussions that took place over the past few weeks. The ending brought up the idea of alternate universes. I do think that, in a weird way, it’s entirely plausible to consider the multiverse theory. In another world, I could be a famous musician traveling the world, and in another I could be already graduated from high school and attending college early. As terrifying and strange as it sounds, there is no reason why it couldn’t happen. It is silly to think that this is the only universe or the only place where something is happening, everything is bigger than we are.
Good job.
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