I think we have something of a wave-particle duality that goes mostly unacknowledged. We think of ourselves as particles. Discrete, distinct. Solid.
There's a common misconception that every 7 years you're made up of completely different cells. If that were true, we wouldn't have scars, and would be able to regrow limbs and regenerate spinal damage.
So obviously you have some of the same cells, but what about even smaller building blocks? What about carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins? Individual water molecules? Atoms? Electrons?
It seems obvious that we are constantly exchanging matter around energy with the environment. Aren't we like a wave in the ocean? A wave is not made up of the same water molecules from one moment to the next, but we see it as something distinct that moves in space and exists within a certain span of time.
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There's a common misconception that every 7 years you're made up of completely different cells. If that were true, we wouldn't have scars, and would be able to regrow limbs and regenerate spinal damage.
So obviously you have some of the same cells, but what about even smaller building blocks? What about carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins? Individual water molecules? Atoms? Electrons?
It seems obvious that we are constantly exchanging matter around energy with the environment. Aren't we like a wave in the ocean? A wave is not made up of the same water molecules from one moment to the next, but we see it as something distinct that moves in space and exists within a certain span of time.