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My uncle was noticeably not the same person after coming back from general anaesthesia. So I know what you mean, although I can't think how to sufficiently exp
by phaedrus 5y ago
My uncle was noticeably not the same person after coming back from general anaesthesia. So I know what you mean, although I can't think how to sufficiently explain this to other readers who may not have experienced it.
I wonder if it's like that old sci fi philosophical conundrum of whether you'd still be the same person if you went through a teleporter that actually duplicates you.
- ggm 5y agoEither Hofstadter or Daniel Dennett has written about this in "the minds eye" when a teleporting system breaks and there are two of "you" and experiences diverge from a common root. Most SF about teleporting passes over what happens to your empty husk after "you" move on. Some do many-worlds. "Waystation" by clifford simak has tanks of recycled bodygunk in the teleporting stations to make new incomers.