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In the past I had heard of "locked-in syndrome"[0] which seemed quite nightmarish to me, but I hadn't thought of the possibility of being "completely unresponsi
by amatecha 2y ago
In the past I had heard of "locked-in syndrome"[0] which seemed quite nightmarish to me, but I hadn't thought of the possibility of being "completely unresponsive" and still remaining conscious, perhaps living for years and years like this. Scary stuff :-|
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome
- hughesjj 2y agoSo much of what we perceived to be conscious is dependent with such a thing communicating to us it's consciousness. I've never understood that internalized bias. Communications and consciousness seem like independent things to me.
- hiatus 2y agoAs we cannot read thoughts, how else might consciousness manifest if not by word or deed?
- hughesjj 2y agoIt's more of a framing thing, like 'failed to reject the null hypothesis' or 'not guilty' instead of 'accepted the null hypothesis' or 'innocent'. Consciousness can exist independent of our ability, or even our possibility to recognize it. That doesn't mean things we can otherwise perceive necessarily lacks conscious. Also imo consciousness is a matter of magnitude, not a binary classification. I get a lot of people will say 'well what's the relevance of a conscious entity that I cannot communicate with', and my response would be 'well communication or action may be unidirectional, in that we affect the conscious entity even if it cannot affect us' This is another reason I want to be cremated. The case of my formerly conscious arrangement of grey matter is something this consciousness wants to scramble beyond repair when death or permacoma comes for me.