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Re:Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? by alok-g on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:19PM (#32252429)
The difference is clear. For anesthesia, it's the same brain waking up. That's not the case with death.

The sense of identity should by default be associated with the brain, not with consciousness, etc.

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Re:Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? by lisper on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:23PM (#32252494)
Yes, I completely agree. My point is that in order to make that statement you have to know that the brain is the mechanism behind identity. This is not obvious a priori. In fact, it took quite a lot of work over several centuries to figure that out.
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