Quentin and other 'consciousness' imperatives: does that mean that if someone (temporarily) loses consciousness (e.g. by falling asleep, being anaesthesized, or blown on the head etc.) is equivalent of dying? How are we "resurrected" from death when we wake up to consciousness anewes? John M
On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2014-09-17 19:09 GMT+02:00 John Clark <[email protected]>: > >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Kim Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Consciousness is “all or nothing”. >>> >> >> Then why can't you remember the split second before you fall asleep? If >> it's all or nothing why would anybody say "stay alert" instead of "stay >> awake"? >> > > Well you were conscious, then you were not... there are degrees of > consciousness, but there are absolutely no degree of unconsciousness. > > >> >> > It is supported by computation (or it isn’t.) >>> >> >> I can't argue with that, X is Y or X is not Y. That's the trouble I have >> with "free will"; unlike "consciousness" the words "deterministic" and >> "random" have a clear inelastic meaning so everything, including your >> actions, happen for a reason or they don't and if they don't then they're >> random. >> >> 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/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy > Batty/Rutger Hauer) > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
