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Scott Klusendorf's argument: 'You didn't come from an embryo — you once were an embryo'

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Philosophical distinction between origin and identity as applied to embryology

Mike credits Scott Klusendorf for the formulation that you did not 'evolve from' an embryo; rather, you once were an embryo, just as you once were a toddler or infant. The embryo is not merely the material from which you came — it was you at an earlier stage of your continuous individual existence.

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