I just loaded a new poll asking:
Following an accident, would you need 50%, 10%, or 1% of yourself in your new body? Or would you rather just be allowed to die if no more than 50% could be saved?
Be sure to vote in the sidebar, but leave your explanations here!
What do you think Mary will say? Hmmm.
I chose 10%, but maybe that's because it was Jenna's number. As long as I felt my heart and soul were there, I'd be okay. But if they were too far gone, I'd rather let go.
ReplyDeleteI chose 10%, too, Melissa! I thought I could still find myself down inside 10%.
ReplyDeleteBut I wonder, would all of me be in 1%? I love this question!
I don't want to quantify it! Aah! The more, the better.
ReplyDeleteI've voted 50%
ReplyDeleteI think I would like to keep all I could of the me right now.
Hm...I think even if there was just 1%, my soul would still be there. So even if it completely changed me--it'd still *be* me.
ReplyDeleteI chose ten percent because I figure I could work with that 10% to get back even more of me.
ReplyDeleteI think that I would choose 50% so that I could have quite a bit left of me still.
ReplyDeletei'm not that attached to my heart, or my body. but i would definitely want my memories with me as i'd think that's what makes me, me, so how much of a brain that is? 10%? or even less?
ReplyDeleteI probably would vote to just be allowed to die... This is a hard question though.
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people that thinks that if I got plastic surgery to look better I wouldn't be "me" anymore...
Ah, maybe I have to think this one over more.
I think this TED Talk by Aimee Mullins is a good one to watch when thinking about this topic: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/482
ReplyDeletefor me i would just want to die if it was so bad that after it wouldnt be like me since how much of "me" was missing.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite an interesting question, I've never come across one like it before.
ReplyDeleteI chose to be allowed to die because I would find it very difficult to come to terms with being a scientific creation. I thought Jenna's question to her parents, 'what about her soul?' was very pertinent.
ReplyDeleteIf I chose 50 % I wonder which 50 it would be.
ReplyDeleteI chose 50%. I think I would want to have at least that much of myself. Personally, I would probably want more than that if I could.
ReplyDeleteI chose to just let myself die:
ReplyDeleteIf I can't be all me, then I don't want to be a shadow "me." A partial identity is a recipe for disaster. And a shredded soul is even worse.
Iris
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Well, if I can choose I think I would go with 100% but if I must go with what is offered I guess it is no surprise that I might choose 10%, but who knows? Maybe even 1% might sound pretty good when you are faced with an alternative of 0%?
ReplyDeleteI wonder which percentage, though, is "me." Where are my spirit and soul contained? Would it still be "me" if it were just my arm that was save (a viable 10%), or if it were my heart, or my brain? I guess it would depend on which 10% we're talking about!
ReplyDeleteI would have to say 10%, there are parts of me (like my health problems) that I would love to leave behind if I could, a life without them would be awesome...But leaving behind more that that could be difficult. I would hope to be able to keep as much, but 10% would be a minimum...
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