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Here's a thought. Do we humans possess consciousness when we are "unconscious"/asleep? When I'm asleep, I'm not actively aware of what's going on. Thinking back
by phs318u 4y ago
Here's a thought. Do we humans possess consciousness when we are "unconscious"/asleep? When I'm asleep, I'm not actively aware of what's going on. Thinking back on my dreams, they seem realistic (sometimes uncannily so), but so seamlessly morph into (and out of) surreal "hallucinations". Memories don't seem to always matter in this mode. Facts that I "know" when I'm awake ("my dad is dead") seem occasionally invisible in my dreamstate ("Hi dad").
Perhaps the apparent "consciousness" we're seeing in Sydney is something of this form.
As another commenter in this thread noted, with a permanent memory, and I would add, with constant (sensory?) inputs/feedback, perhaps we'd see something less distinguishable from what human's display?