Re:Waking Up During Surgery (2019)
by tectonic on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:40PM
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By this argument, living an entire life of suffering and then not remembering it when you’re dead would mean that it doesn’t matter and all suffering can be ignored. I hope that’s not the ethical code we settle on.
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No need to be concerned. Exactly zero people are concluding that suffering can be ignored because someone is ok with not remembering pain during a medically necessary surgery.
Re:Waking Up During Surgery (2019)
by PragmaticPulp on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:16PM
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The sedation prevents the memories from forming, and also prevents the person from processing what's going on. The actual pain signals are also significantly dampened.
It's not equivalent to a lifetime of suffering in any way.