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   sobriquet to All   
   Re: discussing consciousness with grok   
   16 Mar 25 00:46:23   
   
   From: dohduhdah@yahoo.com   
      
   Op 15/03/2025 om 22:55 schreef Richmond:   
   > sobriquet  writes:   
   >   
   >> Op 15/03/2025 om 21:59 schreef shades@cov.net.inv:   
   >>> sobriquet wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://pastebin.com/zG257j0g   
   >>>>   
   >>> --------------------   
   >>> Is there a difference between being conscious and being unconscious?   
   >>   
   >> It can make a difference.. depending on what you're doing. Some   
   >> activities don't appear to require consciousness (like breathing),   
   >> while   
   >> other activities are unlikely to be performed successfully while being   
   >> unconscious (like learning differential topology).   
   >   
   > If you remember a dream, does that mean you were conscious during the   
   > dream? You ought to be able to ask yourself when dreaming "Am I   
   > conscious?". If the answer is yes, then you are. But it won't occur to   
   > you to ask the question.   
      
   Maybe you can employ technology to achieve this.. like playing back a   
   voice at low volume levels during your sleep, where you prompt yourself   
   to reflect on being in a dream or to influence the content of the dream   
   (along the lines of lucid dreaming).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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