• terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months 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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        3 months 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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            3 months 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

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              3 months ago

              I’m that case no it wouldn’t matter. It would make us all feel much better about the possibility of life after the body dies though.

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                3 months ago

                What if a copy of you woke up in the morning? So you could see your dead body from yesterday, but consciousness would seem as continuous to you as normal–you went to sleep yesterday and effectively woke up today, just in a different body? Would it bother you knowing you weren’t technically the same you as yesterday, even if it seemed like it to you?

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                  3 months ago

                  Probably because I’d never want to sleep again. That would be a horrific way to find out you only have as long as you can stay awake.