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28 02/08 — 2022 28 02/08 — 2022
29 <div class="stats"> 29 <div class="stats">
30 <span class="stats-number"> 30 <span class="stats-number">
31 19.57 31 19.58
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42 A Reference Counted Afterlife 42 A Reference Counted Afterlife
43 </h1> 43 </h1>
44 <div class="post-text"> 44 <div class="post-text">
45 <p>I took interest in the Egyptian rendition of the afterlife recently.</p> 45 <p>I took interest in the Egyptian rendition of the afterlife
46recently.</p>
46<h3 id="parts-of-the-soul">Parts of the Soul</h3> 47<h3 id="parts-of-the-soul">Parts of the Soul</h3>
47<p>Ancient Egyptians believed that the soul comprised of several components:</p> 48<p>Ancient Egyptians believed that the soul comprised of several
49components:</p>
48<ul> 50<ul>
49<li><em>ren</em></li> 51<li><em>ren</em></li>
50<li><em>ka</em></li> 52<li><em>ka</em></li>
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52<li><em>ba</em></li> 54<li><em>ba</em></li>
53<li><em>sheut</em></li> 55<li><em>sheut</em></li>
54</ul> 56</ul>
55<p>Egyptians emphasized on preserving the different parts of the soul. Mummification for example, served to preserve the physical part of the soul. The other components have their respective preservation strategies.</p> 57<p>Egyptians emphasized on preserving the different parts of the soul.
56<p>Of all of these bits, I find <em>ren</em>, which simply means <em>name</em>, to be the most interesting. <em>Ba</em>, the human-headed chicken that represents <em>personality</em>, is a close favourite.</p> 58Mummification for example, served to preserve the physical part of the
57<p><em>Ren</em> is the name given to a person at birth. Egyptians believed that this portion of the soul would continue to live on for as long as it was spoken. If you were someone worthy of continued existence, your name would be inscribed all over the place. If you were the type to snatch away bread from children, your name would be condemned from memory, forgotten.</p> 59soul. The other components have their respective preservation
60strategies.</p>
61<p>Of all of these bits, I find <em>ren</em>, which simply means
62<em>name</em>, to be the most interesting. <em>Ba</em>, the human-headed
63chicken that represents <em>personality</em>, is a close favourite.</p>
64<p><em>Ren</em> is the name given to a person at birth. Egyptians
65believed that this portion of the soul would continue to live on for as
66long as it was spoken. If you were someone worthy of continued
67existence, your name would be inscribed all over the place. If you were
68the type to snatch away bread from children, your name would be
69condemned from memory, forgotten.</p>
58<h3 id="garbage-collection">Garbage-collection</h3> 70<h3 id="garbage-collection">Garbage-collection</h3>
59<p>The concept of <em>ren</em> seems to be perfectly analogous to reference counted garbage-collection.</p> 71<p>The concept of <em>ren</em> seems to be perfectly analogous to
72reference counted garbage-collection.</p>
60<ul> 73<ul>
61<li>A name (<em>ren</em>) is assigned to an object (person) on initialization (at birth)</li> 74<li>A name (<em>ren</em>) is assigned to an object (person) on
75initialization (at birth)</li>
62<li>Names are used to refer to objects</li> 76<li>Names are used to refer to objects</li>
63<li>Objects go out of existence when there are no more references to them</li> 77<li>Objects go out of existence when there are no more references to
78them</li>
64</ul> 79</ul>
65<p>The concept of <em>ren</em> seems to model human-memory. The similarity with garbage-collection is now easily explained, because garbage-collection models a program’s memory.</p> 80<p>The concept of <em>ren</em> seems to model human-memory. The
66<p>Perhaps some cheeky Egyptian has attained immortality by creating a <em>ren</em>-cycle.</p> 81similarity with garbage-collection is now easily explained, because
82garbage-collection models a program’s memory.</p>
83<p>Perhaps some cheeky Egyptian has attained immortality by creating a
84<em>ren</em>-cycle.</p>
67 85
68 </div> 86 </div>
69 87