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Math PhD student here.
This may be a little off-topic for /sci/, but it seems like the only board that can have a good discussion about this. When I look at it honestly, I can only conclude that "consciousness" is purely a function of the brain. I would expect most of you agree with this. Recently, this has hit very hard. I've never liked the thought, but I've always sort of gone, "whatever, it'll just be like before I was born" and moved on. But I can't seem to do that anymore. I can't get out of bed, and I'm just terrified of that unending void. I'm terrified of not even knowing that I've died. It's crippling, and I can't carry on with courses and research. I have no motivation to do anything.
How do you guys cope with this? Do you simply go "the phenomena of 'consciousness' and 'oblivion' are poorly-defined and we can't really know anything about them?" How do you come to terms with this in an accurate way that doesn't resort to speculation? Even if you say that what we "feel" is purely a function of biological processes, why does that imply that I am stuck to this body and not another? How was this selected?
This may be a little off-topic for /sci/, but it seems like the only board that can have a good discussion about this. When I look at it honestly, I can only conclude that "consciousness" is purely a function of the brain. I would expect most of you agree with this. Recently, this has hit very hard. I've never liked the thought, but I've always sort of gone, "whatever, it'll just be like before I was born" and moved on. But I can't seem to do that anymore. I can't get out of bed, and I'm just terrified of that unending void. I'm terrified of not even knowing that I've died. It's crippling, and I can't carry on with courses and research. I have no motivation to do anything.
How do you guys cope with this? Do you simply go "the phenomena of 'consciousness' and 'oblivion' are poorly-defined and we can't really know anything about them?" How do you come to terms with this in an accurate way that doesn't resort to speculation? Even if you say that what we "feel" is purely a function of biological processes, why does that imply that I am stuck to this body and not another? How was this selected?
