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What would you do with a second chance?
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Me: "Oh God! OH FUCK! I can't do all this again!"
Aside from doing it all over, can you imagine the horror of having all the skills, memory and mind of a fully mature person trapped in the body of a baby?
Trapped?
I'd not be able to contain myself, and would speak, and ambulate, immediately... wowing people to such a spectacle... a talking dancing baby, who can espouse advanced philosophical notions, challenge people to reflect on their epistemology, and even warn of crooked ploys put upon the world. ... Oh dear... I did not want to become a religious icon.
I'm presuming the baby continues to grow up normally, and is not an eternal baby-body prison... and that "all the skills" includes psyche-motor skills. ... And best of both worlds, able to learn like a baby too, vividly retaining near everything, contrast to old-man brain (where decades of toxin accumulation and stress have impaired neurogenesis and learning capacity).
You might know how to speak with an adult's vocal chords, or to walk with an adult's body. I doubt you'd be able to do either with a tiny baby's body.
Yes, and as an adult I have no idea how to walk around as a baby, speak with a baby's vocal chords, etc. The only body I'm used to using is my current adult body.
Yes, and as an adult I have no idea how to walk around as a baby, speak with a baby's vocal chords, etc. The only body I'm used to using is my current adult body.