You May Not be Who You Think You Are

# You May Not be Who You Think You Are

### A Philosophical Night About the Stranger You Call “Me”

Friday, August 28 | 6:30 PM-8:30PM
Arrive Streeterville | In Person
Hosted by Dr. Khaldoun Sweis, Professor of Philosophy
Here’s an uncomfortable thought:
You’re not the same person you were at 18.
Your body has changed. Your beliefs have changed. People have entered and disappeared from your life. You’ve forgotten things you once swore you’d never forget. You may even look back at your younger self and wonder, What on earth was that person thinking?
And yet you still call that person me.
Why?
Join us for a relaxed, social evening built around one of philosophy’s most personal questions: What makes you, you?
Is it your memories? Your personality? Your body? Your brain? Your relationships? Your soul?
And things get stranger.
If you woke up tomorrow with none of your memories, would you still be you?
If scientists made a perfect copy of your brain, which one would be you?
If AI could reproduce your voice, memories, personality, humor, and mannerisms after you died, would some part of you still be here, or would it simply be an extraordinarily convincing impersonation?
We’ll bring in thinkers from Socrates and John Locke to contemporary debates about consciousness and AI, but this won’t be a lecture disguised as a social event.
It’s a conversation.
Come meet interesting people, challenge a few assumptions, tell us what you think, and perhaps discover that the person you understand least is the one who has been accompanying you your entire life.
No philosophy background required.
Just bring your curiosity.
And, presumably, yourself.
Although by the end of the evening, we may have questions about that!