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minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days agoThe trolley problem but the only way to pull the lever is to take a nap first. Since your consciousness stopped and then a new was started from the same meat is it still you? If it is, then surely a new consciousness constructed from a pile of meat identical to your brain would also be you?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoYour consciousness doesn’t stop when you’re asleep. Evidence: alarm clocks exist
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoIt does stop. When you are asleep you are unconscious.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWhat we call “unconsciousness” is really just a state of reduced consciousness. Your mind is maintained throughout, and you’re still aware of the outside world, just to a lesser extent.
The trolley problem but the only way to pull the lever is to take a nap first.
Since your consciousness stopped and then a new was started from the same meat is it still you?
If it is, then surely a new consciousness constructed from a pile of meat identical to your brain would also be you?
Your consciousness doesn’t stop when you’re asleep. Evidence: alarm clocks exist
It does stop. When you are asleep you are unconscious.
What we call “unconsciousness” is really just a state of reduced consciousness. Your mind is maintained throughout, and you’re still aware of the outside world, just to a lesser extent.