RE: Death
April 5, 2012 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2012 at 5:09 pm by Adjusted Sanity.)
(April 5, 2012 at 5:02 pm)mediamogul Wrote:(April 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm)Adjusted Sanity Wrote:(April 5, 2012 at 4:50 pm)mediamogul Wrote:(April 5, 2012 at 4:44 pm)Insanity x Wrote:(April 5, 2012 at 4:32 pm)Adjusted Sanity Wrote: Maybe the consciousness moves on. Like inhabits another body in the universe and you're somebody else without your memories. It's an interesting thought.
I'm not sure If I explained that properly, but somebody might be able to get what I'm saying.
I get what you mean but unless I have my memories and experiences it seems a pointless thing to me.
Right. Consciousness removed from the senses is nothing. Consciousness is consciousness of something. It would be the extinguishing of your "self" in every meaningful sense. I toyed with reincarnation for a bit but never could make much sense of it. Consciousness carries no information with it. It is a pure function of the brain.
What if your memories go with the consciousness and remain dormant until a certain point where your cycle of reincarnation ends? There's a thought.
I have literally seen a persons memory dissappear through traumatic brain injury. Their personality changed. They were completely different. All those functions are utterly dependant upon brain function. That was my previous point. I just don't see it. Consciousness contains no information.
That's horrible. A more minor version happened to my mom when she was young. Accident changed her a lot apparently. I can see that point.
But the consciousness and soul could be considered backup. Might not be completely connected to the mind.
(April 5, 2012 at 4:59 pm)Insanity x Wrote:(April 5, 2012 at 4:56 pm)Adjusted Sanity Wrote: What if your memories go with the consciousness and remain dormant until a certain point where your cycle of reincarnation ends? There's a thought.
Seems a bizarre set up. I mean you would have two sets of conflicting memories with two different personality's. I'm quite happy with the permanent death
Maybe it all meshes together somehow. Reincarnation is a pretty shitty deal in any case. I'd prefer an afterlife myself. If one exists.
This is stupid