[roenxi]

The wave will return. All the things that make the wave are still there.

Ignoring the metaphor but taking the thinking to its logical extreme - the real problem is the cruel trick of evolution that means we think we are unique beyond the things that compose us. It makes sense that we think so because all the people who can accept the truth don't mind dying off quietly. The ones that breed vigorously are those who think differently.

But just because there is strong evolutionary pressure to believe something false doesn't make it true. It just means the illusions we labour under seem very real.