(August 15, 2016 at 4:43 am)Arkilogue Wrote:(August 15, 2016 at 4:28 am)DLJ Wrote: Chemically ... yes, eternally.
Biologically ... yes, for a short while.
Manifestly ... no.
Conceptually ... depends upon the influence of our legacy.
NDE = Not death experience.
Touche' pussy cat! Should be called Extra-biological conscious experiences.
If you are thinking in terms of material supporting consciousness...atom's are 99.999999% empty space....and the one's we are made of are the lightest of 3 possible densities of 2 possible charge orientations...1 of 6 types.
6 entangled types that are simultaneously arising and mutually dependent*, the majority of which are denser and longer lasting.
*Like when you bend "white" (unified) light you get all the colors...each time...in the same order.
My laptop dies occasionally. I has a blue fit and stops communicating. Later it comes back to life and offers a report of its experience to its transcendent creator.
One day it will be permanently dead. Incapable of receiving input or producing output.
It will add to the pile of techno-junk in Guangdong Province to wait and decompose.
The parts will be recycled and the process will pollute the lungs of children as they burn the wires to expose copper, melt circuit boards in pots to extract lead or dunk the boards in acid to remove the gold.
But what of the operating system and the apps?
Where do the soldiers go after their Call of Duty has ended?
And all the pretty girls who can't afford clothes ... where do they go after my laptop dies?

The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)