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> There's no way to determine if your consciousness persists through sleep or unconsciousness. If I remember correctly, that was actually the reason that anest
by sgift 9y ago
> There's no way to determine if your consciousness persists through sleep or unconsciousness.
If I remember correctly, that was actually the reason that anesthetics weren't used in operations for a time after their discovery - people believed that if you were out your soul would leave your body. Luckily, we've gotten over that particular idea.
- krapp 9y ago> Luckily, we've gotten over that particular idea. And if teleportation ever becomes a reality, human society will adjust its concept of "self" to adapt as well. The premise of a "persistent" self (essentially a soul) and the fear of death will seem like magical thinking and silliness.