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Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by CuriouslyC on Monday April 01, 2024 @06:50PM (#39900318)
You don't know that we're unaware when "unconscious" just that we're unresponsive, and we don't have memories of that time. There is evidence that the senses are still active and a lot of brain activity continues.

There is evidence that the human brain contains many consciousnesses, just look into research on split brain studies. I'm sure you've had the feeling of being aware of what was going on but feeling powerless to stop your behavior, as if you were a passenger in your body, at some point in your life, maybe there's more to that than we want to believe.

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Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by Scarblac on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:02AM (#39902813)
> There is evidence that the senses are still active and a lot of brain activity continues

Why do you mention that if you're arguing that absolutely everything is conscious? Why would brain activity be relevant?

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Re:Could the cosmos, in fact, be conscious? by CuriouslyC on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:10AM (#39904831)
Because I'm arguing that there is consciousness, the processing systems of the brain are just too disoriented to pull together unitary consciousness sufficient to actively drive the body. Being knocked out doesn't turn the lights out, it just scatters them into a bunch of individual lights that are no longer working together, and don't imprint memories well.
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