Hi Stahis You brought up the point of personal identity.
When someone goes to sleep they lose consciousness (I am assuming so anyway - perhaps during deep sleep rather than REM). OK, so some people say that because they wake up again there is always a branch where they wake up. But suppose somebody goes into a deep coma, then at the time they lose consciousness then that consciousness may find a consistent extension in another branch but what about the vegetative "person" left behind. Are they to be considered as vegetable rather than person? I wondered whether this was a cul se sac situation but then re-considered as below. If there are gradations of consciousness which can decay then at any time or level of our consciousness, as the universe splits then consistent extensions will always exist to carry whatever level of consciousnes we have through into another branch. This would keep on until there was no consciousness left in some branch. I know that what is actually going on during sleep is probably very uncertain but based on this gradational assumption would you agree with my conclusions? Best wishes Nick Prince -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
