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> Are you an uninterrupted process of consciousness that evolves from one state to another? Yes. > If so, you die and are reborn every time you fall asleep.
by zyxley 10y ago
> Are you an uninterrupted process of consciousness that evolves from one state to another?
Yes.
> If so, you die and are reborn every time you fall asleep.
No. That's a silly claim; the brain doesn't literally shut off during sleep, and I am not composed of only conscious processes.
- sparky_z 10y ago"No. That's a silly claim; the brain doesn't literally shut off during sleep" Fine then, cryosleep. Total biologically-inert suspended animation. Would that change your answer?
- jhbadger 10y agoThe concept of "biologically-inert suspended animation" isn't really feasible though. I'm not just talking about how we can't do it with modern technology; I'm saying non-lethal freezing doesn't yield a "paused" biologically inert sample. Freezing living cells (which we do now), doesn't do that -- it just greatly slows down biological processes (which is also why frozen food doesn't last forever).