The Greatest Movies Ever Made about Personal Identity
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The Greatest Movies Ever Made about Personal Identity is the 38th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on December 31, 2013.
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Show Notes
Who is the real you? What happens to your identity when your body gets cloned or reconstituted with all the same memories and character traits? Does society construct our true selves or repress them? Can we ever escape our pasts and become different people? Dave thinks conceptual analysis and arousal measuring devices can solve all these problems but allows Tamler his dream of temporarily becoming the host of a movie podcast. They list their top 5 favorite movies about personal identity. Plus, do they have to eat still more crow--this time from Sam Harris?