Re:What Is a Mathematical Structure of Conscious Experience?
by mistermann on Sunday February 19, 2023 @08:14AM
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Psychedelics, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, meditation and other techniques are reasonably valid examples of leaving I'd say. We don't really study them them to the degree that we could, but perhaps some day we will.
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Re:What Is a Mathematical Structure of Conscious Experience?
by theobromananda on Sunday February 19, 2023 @09:37AM
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Psychedelics, meditation and mental illness show you or change the contents of the house - but you can never leave the house of the existence of consciousness. The closest thing we have to that would be death, and even then you only know if consciousness disappears if you die.
In fact, you would not even experience the disappearance of consciousness - because the consciousness that would experience this has disappeared. It is impossible to experience the absence of consciousness.
Re:What Is a Mathematical Structure of Conscious Experience?
by mistermann on Sunday February 19, 2023 @09:01PM
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They are reputed to be able to pop the delusion of omniscience that accompanies standard consciousness as well.