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Not taking one position or the other, but you can't make any conclusions about whether a separate consciousness exists from anesthesia, only that no memories we
by lend000 4y ago
Not taking one position or the other, but you can't make any conclusions about whether a separate consciousness exists from anesthesia, only that no memories were formed that can be accessed by that consciousness (even if it did experience qualia during that time).
- TuringTest 4y agoIf qualia are not remembered, do they make a sound?
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoConsciousness trying to make up reasons why consciousness can survive death. That's what religion is all about.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 4y agoHow about unconsciousness trying to make up reasons for consciousness? I see it in the comments, and it even looks like a religious belief.
- ben_w 4y agoThe sound of one hand clapping.
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- simonh 4y agoUnderstood, but I don't think that view is consistent with the evidence we have of brain activity during conscious and unconscious states, and memory formation.
- layer8 4y agoMaybe you actually have a thousand consciousnesses, but only remember one, and the other 999 consciousnesses are just helplessly experiencing your physical body? You can’t disprove that, but why entertain any such notion?