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What a horrific and brilliant article. I'm only half-way through it – just reached the part about Kant – and fully intend to finish it when I wake up tomorrow (
by josscrowcroft 14y ago
What a horrific and brilliant article. I'm only half-way through it – just reached the part about Kant – and fully intend to finish it when I wake up tomorrow (no pun intended)
I wonder what effect a lifetime's meditation practice might have here. As in, if one's trained one's brain through many thousands of hours of focus and deep self-inquiry – to find and become aware of the source of their awareness – whether they might innately be more prepared to deal with become conscious mid-surgery (even if their "personality" isn't conscious, just their I...)
- josscrowcroft 14y agoFinished it. Top tip: read the comments!
- d0mine 14y agoI haven't read it to the end but the story seems like classic case of confabulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome Luckily it doesn't involve "remembering" a child being abused by a parent.
- gus_massa 14y agoIn this "awakening" cases nobody would be sent to jail, but I suppose that they can get a lot of money in a "malpractice" lawsuit.