Sunday, June 29, 2014

Where are your one year before you are born

Where are you one year before you are born? Splitting it into two parts: where are your atoms and where is the description of your computational system (brain architecture and such). Atoms: for the most part, you are plants and animals that your parents are going to eat, either in a field growing or in storage awaiting consumption. Some atoms will come straight out of your parents (mostly mother) so a small collection of your atoms and just still embedded in your mother and father. Computational system: this doesn't exist yet but it's going to be constructed based on genetics and environment. So mother and father are holding the innate architecture of your brain in DNA. They are also having experiences that will shape them, and their personality (along with the baby sitters, etc.) will shape your personality (your computational system). So in summary, you are plants, animals, stray atoms in your parents, and thoughts and experiences of all the people who will shape your environment.

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