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• very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨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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  • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Except our brains are still functioning. If they didn’t keep functioning, we’d be brain dead. The point is that there’s a common thread that connects every waking moment together.

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  • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨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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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You do not die every night.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How would you know?

        How do you know you’re not a copy of yesterday’s you? If a clone has your memories and your bit around anymore then what’s the difference?

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      • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨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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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s not what he means and you know it.

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