Re:The unending quest to explain consciousness
by pgt on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:02AM
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'We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus – by accident.' - https://www.linkedin.com/content-guest/article/we-may-have-d...
Re:The unending quest to explain consciousness
by thecupisblue on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:42AM
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> There’s a similar process of losing some consciousness when I become too stoned
Hey could you please check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia and tell me if this is this is similar to the too stoned/not sleeping state (except the paralysis, I assume you can move with enough willpower)? Did you ever take psychedelics? What's your meditation experience?
Did you ever faint? I did, definitely wasn’t conscious. Or whenever they dozed me under in thr hospital, not conscious.
In parts of my sleep, I’m not conscious. I now know this because recently my tinnitus became worse and I now here it in my dreams, based on the sound and frequency, I can infer time because of it (my tinnitus, although annoying has a regular multiphonic modulated sine wave quality to it, I could recreate it on a synthesizer, it’s quite beautiful but not 24/7). Also since it is a new development I get really conscious when I hear my tinnitus while I dream. I am conscious for 10 minutes per night.
This has only lasted 3 nights so far, so not much data.
Whenever my dreams do not have tinnitus, I am less conscious. I also notice this in dreams by my tinnitus ebbing away and me losing consciousness. There’s a similar process of losing some consciousness when I become too stoned.
Based on my experience, memory is a crucial part for my conscious experience.