From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   sobriquet  writes:   
      
   > 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).   
      
   That might work. I had considered periodically asking myself if I am   
   conscious throughout the day so it becomes a habit. Then I would ask in   
   my sleep. But would I answer 'yes' unconsciously?   
      
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