(February 2, 2015 at 7:41 am)Rational AKD Wrote: way to claim it is gone without evidence..Really? Reminds me of the Nessie believer in that movie, who tells the skeptics "I say: show me the non-evidence!"
The sensation you identify with the word consciousness is gone when you are unconscious. That's all you have. You want to special plead "consciousness" into existence by default by extending the meaning of the word as you need it, at the same time shifting the burden of proof in an absolutely ridiculous fashion. I'm not having any of it. If you claim to have an invisible dragon in your garage, you have to give evidence, not the other way around.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition