John, One possible reason for the loss of consciousness I've proposed is it simply stops the internal time sense. The other possibility of course is that it disables the specific self-referential circuits that tell an organism what it is experiencing and doing...
Edgar On Friday, January 17, 2014 11:38:36 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > Anesthetic chemicals temporally destroy consciousness, and 115 years about > Meyer and Overton discovered a strong correlation between how potent a > chemical anesthesia was and how well it dissolves oils and lipids (fats and > waxes). Even today the reason for this connection is unclear but it still > seems to be true, the correlation remains very strong. I think anybody > interested in consciousness would do well in finding the cause of this > correlation. > > John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
