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> long term memory and being able to "predict" the future If this were the case, wouldn't drugs that temporarily inhibit the access of long term memory and the
by Trasmatta 5y ago
> long term memory and being able to "predict" the future
If this were the case, wouldn't drugs that temporarily inhibit the access of long term memory and the ability to predict the future also inhibit consciousness? This doesn't appear to be the case, because high doses of psychedelics and dissociatives do this, but consciousness definitely continues, just in a very odd, altered state.
- harleypig 5y agoFrom what I understand of anesthetics, they do suppress consciousness. Or, at least, what little we understand consciousness to be.