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Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by avh02 on Monday November 03, 2025 @01:51PM (#45802760)
Had the same experience, what scared the crap out of me is that feeling of not even knowing you're out is how some people spend their last moment.

Not just in surgery for example but in extreme other situations (nukes, titan sub, piano to the head, etc)... You're just there then you aren't and you don't even know. Shook me (lightly) for a while

Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by lordnacho on Monday November 03, 2025 @02:55PM (#45803644)
For me it gave me some peace about death. Say you are vaporized by a nuke. You're walking around chatting one moment, and there is no next moment.

I'm guessing being properly flattened by a truck is similar, though of course that's adjacent to being severely injured and dying later.

Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by pavlov on Monday November 03, 2025 @02:09PM (#45803055)
Honestly it doesn’t sound too bad to me. Just blinking out of existence. No pain, no regret. So what’s there to be scared of?
Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by Nevermark on Monday November 03, 2025 @11:04PM (#45807309)
Missing out.
Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by jamiek88 on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @02:21AM (#45808281)
Dying is generally pretty easy. It’s hardest on those left behind.
Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by Roark66 on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @02:54AM (#45808478)
It's such a waste. You're there with all your personality and you're gone the next. It is quite bad. That's why I think religions came up with an idea of hell...

One may think, any existence is better than nothing.

Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by rkomorn on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @02:55AM (#45808488)
But think of the legacy of all the shareholder value you created...
Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by Podrod on Monday November 03, 2025 @09:58PM (#45807014)
That's basically sleep for me. I know I must dream but I only very rarely even remember the smallest fragment of any dreams. So sleeping is like I've not existed for 7 hours from my conscious perspective.
Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by Roark66 on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @02:52AM (#45808470)
Same with me, check yourself for sleep apnea and "sugar crash" during sleep if you can...

Interestingly some medications like tadalafil restore my dreams... My smart watch also tells me the phases like remand deep have normal lengths. So I'm not sure why it is so rare for me to dream, but I suspect low glucose or oxygen may have something to do with it.

Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by krisoft on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @04:37AM (#45809058)
> So I'm not sure why it is so rare for me to dream, but I suspect low glucose or oxygen may have something to do with it.

You might be having those but “not having dreams” is not an indication of that. And i put the “not having dreams” in quotes because for most people they have dreams but then go on to forget them.

If you are having other symptomps by all means get it checked out. But if your only symptom is not remembering dreams i wouldn’t worry about that.

Re:First recording of a dying human brain shows waves simila... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @05:06AM (#45809245)
Do you smoke weed? It's well known that THC use causes dreamless sleep.