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[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

What happens to us (our consciousness, soul, whatever) when we die?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Nothing. The machine stops.

What do I win?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If it were so simple, you'd think we'd be able to put our thumb down on what consciousness "is" and "isn't," where it comes from, etc.

[-] beSyl@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Why? What does OP's answer have anything to do with what counscioness is or isn't and where it comes from? You are committing a logical fallacy. There is no relation between these two.

[-] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For real. As anyone who's done psychedelics could say, consciousness is a spectrum

[-] Flumsy@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That sounds like a possible answer though. And if some hypothetical entity gave you the answer to that question "with 100% certainty" you'd not be much smarter... still dont know why...

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