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Consciousness is often said to disappear in deep, dreamless sleep. We argue that this assumption is oversimplified. Unless dreamless sleep is defined as unconscious from the outset there are good empirical and theoretical reasons for saying that a range of different types of sleep experience, some of which are distinct from dreaming, can occur in all stages of sleep.

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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 204 points 1 year ago

Sleep is NOTHING like death. You're still experiencing lots of stuff, you still very much have a sense of self, you're still thinking things, your brain is still processing lots of information.

General anesthesia - now THAT is a real close period to what being dead is.

[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

When I'm asleep I'm not experiencing shit. Close eyes, moment of black, awake again the next day.

[-] grozzle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is not the normal human experience. Check if you're a robot?

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

My diagnostics said "all systems normal" so that can't be it

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