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Originally Posted by metal68
One of the biggest arguments used against consciousness being separate from the brain is the anaesthesia one; when we get knocked out for an operation we don't travel anywhere else. We are gone for all purposes aren't we?? If we were never woken we would simply stay unconscious wouldn't we? We wouldn't exist elsewhere - that's what worries me about death, why should it be different??
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Try this analogy; The body is the lamp, consciousness is the electrical current and the rotary dimmer switch is the anesthesia.
