Something More Date Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 05:25 PM PST Topic Theories I'd like to answer a question, a question that Squid asked me in my last submission. At the time I couldn't give an answer. I'd like to try now. Again. But (taking from Squid's comments now) what about the cells themselves? The molecular composition of your cells can change any moment in any number of ways. And if cells keep changing, at what point do you stop being you? Can your cells change to such an extent that you are (in essence) someone completely different? Or is there something more? The obvious answer to me, of course, is that this something more is your soul. But that alone would be too simple an answer. Here's mine. It is a common concept that energy that permeates all reality. What if an amount of this energy is used to create your surroundings, the reality of a certain place, time, dimension, concept, and so on, but an incredibly larger amount is spent on the creation of your soul? That would mean that you are more real than reality. In other words, you can influence reality, or rather, your beliefs can. Once again, this is another common concept in some cultures. So why aren't people walking down the street hurling fireballs at people they don't like? Messiness and legal problems aside, there are different levels of belief. For example saying you believe something but not really meaning it or saying you believe something and wanting to mean it. You can say you believe something and make yourself think you believe it. And then there is simply believing it. When society tells you what to think at every turn, you start to just accept things. True belief is a hard thing to come by these days. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=403