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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OK, but there are some organisms that can live either as single cells or in colonies, like algae. How do you categorize them? Plus there are some colonial animals like Portuguese man o war that are composed of hundreds of separate individuals connected to each other, or ant colonies which work as a collective superorganism. And even in humans there are some cells that do not stay attached, like sperm cells. Could you reincarnate as a sperm cell?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

By this logic (which I, as of now, ascribe to, entirely due to how cool it sounds), you would reincarnate as the entire ant colony. You would be the hive mind. Enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

You’re already described in the third comment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Some could call human civilization a form of superorganism. So you could reincarnate as a city.