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The copy who woke up wouldn't know the difference. There would be thousands of copies that experienced going to bed and then nothing afterwards.
by stetrain 2y ago
The copy who woke up wouldn't know the difference.
There would be thousands of copies that experienced going to bed and then nothing afterwards.
- smeej 2y agoI had a great deal of difficulty going to sleep the night after this first occurred to me. I only really managed to assuage my fear by realizing there would be an incredible number of dead bodies to deal with if this were happening to everyone every night, and it was extremely unlikely it was only happening to me.
- vermilingua 2y agoThis really hit me the first time I went under GA.
- throwaway924t2 2y agoMy view is that it's just a change in consciousness. Just like closing your eyes does not reset your sight, sleeping does not reset your brain. You just turn off some of your senses
- wutwutwat 2y agoYou're taking what the above person said too literally. They didn't mean physically dying, they meant your mind dies every night when you sleep and in the morning a new mind/a copy of your previous mind, is what wakes up and continues on as you.
- gowld 2y agoSee The Real Transported Man
- jtbayly 2y agoWasn’t The Prestige about this idea, too?