A brain implant allowing one to turn consciousness off without modifying behavior, useful for long meetings or when captured by your enemies
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Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion *flicks it on, says "god damn it this thing doesn't work" just as if I were conscious*1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@admittedlyhuman It just makes a copy of your mind and lets it take over while you're anesthetized. Then it kills the copy.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient@admittedlyhuman Wouldn't you experience an exact copy of you, though?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@admittedlyhuman Not if the original is anesthetized so only one mind is controlling the body and using senses at a time.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient@admittedlyhuman Assuming the self persists between sleeping and waking, you would experience what the copy experienced4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@admittedlyhuman So everything works out and we can't skip board meetings. Someone's gotta be you.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient@admittedlyhuman If the implant is a copy of you, you've effectively been uploaded and are now an em.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@CurlOfGradient @admittedlyhuman The idea is: maybe one can suppress some brain functionality to switch off consciousness w/o side effects
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Replying to @DeityOfReligion
@DeityOfReligion@admittedlyhuman I get that, I was just proposing a method to fake the results. I don't think real p-zombies are possible.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient@admittedlyhuman Yeah, it's unlikely. Have a feeling consciousness is what happens when you implement the right algorithm(s)0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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