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Re:Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? by ajuc on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @02:33PM (#32254574)
You can play with the meaning of words, but in the end I don't care how you call things or how you define existence. You get funny results like dragons and elves existing, whatever, suit yourself. I just care about how the world actually works and not what labels we put on it.

So if consciousness exists in the same manner that imaginary lines you draw between stars - fine. Why does it matter?

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Re:Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? by otikik on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:34PM (#32255624)
I think you missed the context in which the conversation was taking place. The OP was asking how a mind can be defined by atoms and still be transcendent or eternal in any way. I just offered my view.

It doesn't need to matter to you, it only needs to matter to them.

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