Hello. I'm tyler this is the imaginary axis, and -
"I am Groot."
Haha, you sure are buddy. This is Groot.
You might know him from Marvel universe six one six eighty ninety six
1204 One or one hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred hinety nine
As is often the case in a multiverse as big as Marvel's there are a lot of different Groots from a lot of different places.
They might look the same, but they aren't exactly the same person
And you probably don't need me to explain that. The multiverse concept is paradoxically just as well understood as it is confusing
But what if there's a creature out there claiming it's groot when it really isn't and everyone's just kind of falling for it
I'm of course talking about this thing from universe one hundred and ninety nine thousand nine Hundred and Ninety nine
Because that world's Groot is dead.
This shouldn't be a shocking conclusion for anyone who's seen
2014's Guardians of the Galaxy at the Climax of the film Groot and his friends are in deep trouble
[they're] trapped in a starship that has taken heavy damages and lost control
It's about to crash into Xandar in a fiery blaze of glory so in order to save his teammates Groot grows a protective wooden
Shell around everybody and takes the brunt of the ensuing wreck himself this all but annihilates him his friends and the audience are in tears
but fortunately for all you Groot fans, Rocket Raccoon
Actually manages to salvage a small cutting from his friends body and since groot is a flora
Colossus some dirt and water has him growing again in no time, but is this Groot really Groot?
*Lil Groot Voice* "I am Groot"
Well, he certainly seems to think so, but I have a counterproposal
Groot died during the Climax of the first movie and this little creature cute though. He may be is a different life form entirely
You are not Groot
Now I know that might be hard to take in but let's look at the evidence
What about this little guy makes us so inclined to think he's Groot in the first place
Sure, it might sound like he's saying he's Groot *Lil Groot Voice again* "I am Groot."
But that's pretty negligible, his entire species makes that sound and that's just because of the hardened Nature of their larynges
There's a good chance that this Groot doesn't even know he's saying that he is Groot
Then there's the fact that he sprouted from Groots cuttings, but that's just plant propagation if you cut down a tree
But save part of its roots and plant that to grow a new tree is the new tree really the same tree as the old
Tree and before you answer yes
What if you cut off that small part of the root without chopping down the original tree are these two trees now the same tree?
There's certainly a bit of wiggle room here. So why don't we measure Groot?
scientifically,
In order to determine the relationship between these two groups if there is one at all we'll narrow them both down to what makes them themselves
And compare the two
Cells, and the atoms that make up the cells.
As you can see there's really no comparison here, Groot A has far more cells and atoms than Groot B
They are undoubtedly different cells and atoms at least for the most part and they are arranged very differently
Sure, you have the right to say no done
we saw the guardians leave most of groots old cells and atoms back on Xandar and plenty of them died or separated during the
explosion so we wouldn't expect group B to be made of the same stuff as groot a
But what else is groot if you aren't your cells and atoms then what are you?
after [all] if we take all your cells and atoms away
You aren't a thing...
anymore...
and the same should go for Groot, right? In all likelihood
Groot B Has the exact same number of group A's atoms as rocket raccoon does... None
So if we acknowledge rocket as a different creature than groot shouldn't we also acknowledge this thing as a different creature than groot
maybe, the truth is as honest as these claims may be they're only likely to attract the strictest and most skeptical of
Empiricists true, Groot A may have a completely different body than Groot B. But that does not fully prove that they are different people
after all 98% of your atoms will be lost and replaced within a year and
Since I started this sentence, between 6 and 18 million of your cells have died and been replaced
You probably look nothing like you did originally and for all practical purposes, you don't have the same body either
Physically you're in the exact same situation as groot with one exception
Your body did this over time and his body did it almost instantly?
something about that bothers us.
As humans we feel more comfortable claiming that something is the same thing
It's always been when its parts are gradually altered or replaced over time rather than just overhauled in one moment in
both scenarios either object in question retains the same number of original components [0]
But that doesn't matter to us near as much if it's the result of a slow progressive process
Why? Because we ourselves have experienced that slow progressive process?
You know from living your own life that there's more to [it] than just a body
There's something unmeasurable and almost unexplainable about it [a] long life spanning consciousness of thought
This is you
You know from experience that it will stick around if your body changes gradually
But you've also learned that sudden drastic changes will cause it to leave
That's why groots accident really causes us to question whatever this thing is
This should be death, so this can't be groot
But again, there's a catch
Your brain is smart and even though it understands the basic rules of survival from its own experiences
It's willing to listen to exceptions and logic when deadpool dies and returns your brain is okay with that
When [Wolverine] dies and returns your brain is okay with that?
Even when [Superman] dies and returns your brain is okay with that because it witnesses the event
Processes the data and marks each [situation] down as an exception to the rules that has been established
There's something different about Groot, though
Even if you haven't personally questioned the difference between this Groot and that Groot
plenty of fans have,
Why?
It goes back to those steps. I described in the brain
everyone's Brain Witnesses Groot's revival, just fine
But when it comes time to process the data some of the more keen observers have little red flags going off in heads
Something isn't right about this new Groot, and it's not the body. It's not the atoms. It's not even the way he acts
It's all of it
Take a look at the small bits we have of baby Groot. He's childish,
playful, naive. There's a certain lack of knowledge about him...
Here are a few quotes
We have from the production team-
Does he have Groot's memories?
"No, he couldn't be more naive."
"[So] We're going to see this goofy, adorable, baby, Groot thing running around the screen just kind of learning as he goes."
He doesn't have the wisdom and experience of that Groot. He's a younger Groot and a more rambunctious Groot.
The question is is he the same groot just smaller? Or is he a different Groot that sprung up from the seat of the first Groot?
Well, my imaginary friends. I hate to be the one to break this news
But the truth is he has to be a different groot from the first Groot
for the record I know this will probably be explored to some degree in Guardians of the Galaxy 2
and they might even come to a different conclusion than I have, but based on what we know, these two cannot be
the same person
How could they be? They're different on the outside
[and]
different on the inside
Groots entire consciousness, that never-ending thing that we acknowledge as ourselves to count the conflict of a changing body as irrelevant
Has experienced a clear break and the new body has been filled with a completely different consciousness
different personality, different memories, different experiences
different Groot
There have been comparable situations in the past
severe cases of Retrograde Amnesia in which a person forgets all of their history and experiences
But even then the resulting person is just a person reacting to the situation of forgetting everything
Baby, Groot is Patently different. It's a brand new lifecycle and the brand new consciousness
experiencing that lifecycle
I Am Groot?
No... It's sad to say, but
Groot is Dead
And maybe that's not the worst thing
Groot gave up his life
Willingly. He fought and died to protect his friends and through them the story of Groot lives on
His spirit probably won't magically come back and override Baby groot
But if this really is a new life a new consciousness with no memories experiences or impressions of the world to come
Then this is the perfect opportunity for the guardians of the Galaxy to repay the favor to their old pal groups
By raising this little sapling with stories of Groot and with the ideals Groot sacrificed his life for
Maybe in a way he can be groot after all
we *are* our experiences,
and our experiences become stories and
Perhaps one of the best things about stories is that as long as they're any good,
There will always be people around to tell them.
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