Current Events > Do you ever think about how your consciousness dies and is reborn after sleep?

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the stream of conciousness you are feeling now only will last like, 10 min. then you're a whole new conciousness
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Nope, can't say that's ever crossed my mind. I'd say its closer to a compuer running a screen saver.
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PMarth2002 posted...

Nope, can't say that's ever crossed my mind. I'd say its closer to a compuer running a screen saver.

For me, it's like I'm dying and coming back to life. Sometimes I think about events that happened in the past, whether it's 30 min ago, or 15 years ago, and I feel that, whatever 'conciousness' I had then is not the same stream of conciousness I'm feeling right now, so, it wasn't even technically 'me' feeling that.
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we wake up everyday like we always do....

in pain, then the back pain goes away after some time. think a crappy bed doesn't help things.
only thing i can do is wait for it to heal, its centralized muscle pain and i know where it's starting.
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GiftedACIII posted...

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Fuck off
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Forgettable posted...

What difference does it make?

Nothing. Just something to think about. Just like how the eyes don't actually see, they just collect visual data and the brain interprets it. Same thing with conscious. It's not actually there, it's just something our brain creates to keep us going.
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Asherlee10 posted...

Your consciousness doesn't die when you sleep. It alters.

Consciousness isn't just a single stream, it's a conglomerate of 'streams' that make up your consciousness. A portion of it is asleep while you sleep.

I like this interpretation. Even though I always knew it, I never thought about how I still have my IRL personality in my dreams, so clearly not everything relating to conciousness is shut off during sleep.

But still, that conglomeration of 'streams' of conciousness doesn't last very long, because it only exists in the moment. It only feels like a stream because your memory is reminding you of how you felt, not because your conciousness actually stretches that far back in time. At least that's just my theory.
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