> No. That's the definition of damage. "Change" doesn't imply loss. Damage does. With change you can add and/or subtract characteristics. Damage subtracts, it is a more precise term for the examples you gave. Using such a broad term as "change" makes it a euphemism for damage. A bit dishonest really.

Again, you're missing the point. We can use the word damage and it doesn't change the argument here. A concussion is damage, but it doesn't mean you're someone else after you have one.

> Neither did I.

Not sure why you brought up people who don't have opinions then.

> Dead folks included?

If we are talking about reanimated consciousnesses of the dead, the yeah.

> Also, who is comfortable losing a decade of memories?

So you think people should be more accepting of losing ALL memories (dying) than losing 10 years of memories? I'm kinda losing the point you're trying to make here. Should we hold on as hard as possible, or accept obliteration. You seem to be saying both.

> How can you be so sure? I have has much right to have an opinion on what constitutes the self as much as you do.

By definition? You are stating your opinion as fact. Having an opinion is fine, but if your argument relies on your opinion being true then that's just circular reasoning.

> No, it is you who's assuming you know my opinion on this.

I'm not assuming it, I'm reading it. Maybe I misunderstood something, but I only have what you give me here.

> Continuity. The ship of Theseus (with all planks and everything replaced) will always be the...

If we use Theseus as the proxy for our convo:

I'm not saying the new ship "is the original ship" in some philosophical way. I'm saying, if it behaves the same and carries the same passengers, I don't see any reason to change the ship's name. If the original ship said "hey, I'm cool to be taken apart as long as you save my design and build me again later to the best of your ability," then I have no problem building the ship later and calling it "The ship of Theseus".

> So no, I'm not equivocating death with the end of the self.

So, what did you mean by "it" when you said "it reaches a binary state, from alive to dead"?