• very_well_lost@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I hate to break it to you, but our meat brains don’t even have continuity of consciousness. We become unconscious all the time. The only real constant is the “hardware” our consciousness emerges from, but even that is always changing.

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      1 month ago

      I don’t get the down votes. Did y’all forget about sleep? No one vividly dreams every night all night long. Often it’s the fade to black going to sleep then the sudden awakening.

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          1 month ago

          Obviously not, but what is the functional difference? If you can’t tell it’s happening, does it actually matter?

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              1 month ago

              Sorry, should have been more specific. If you died in your sleep every night and came back to life in the morning, and you couldn’t tell it was happening, would it matter?

              It’s not a question with a right answer, I just want to hear your thoughts about it