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[M3d10n]

Thanks, but no thanks.

http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2718

(Read all of it, including the audio log transcription).

 

[Kimawolf]

Brain signals spontaneously arise from the brain's intrinsic architecture. This type of emergent network phenomena have been replicated many times in vivo and in silico. There is no such thing as brain ergo mind. Brain and mind are the same thing. So believing activity comes from elsewhere is nonsense in my opinion.

Science of consciousness and the brain is a science of correlation, not explanation of why it happens at the moment.
Look up the Hard Problem of consciousness. Things have changed since the 90s.

 

[Jayne]

I would no longer fear death so intensely....

I would continue to fear death intensely.

 

[Alx]

Well that's fantasy, but if it was proven, the next logical step would be to try and connect with all those dead consciousness and access a huge amount of past knowledge from our ancestors. That would be huge for history and linguistics.

 

[Uncle_Classy]

The idea that there's literally no way out, even by dying would be terrifying.

 

[Gaogaogao]

does this mean im a ghost? cause then I would stop watching tv and movies and do that later

 

[nynt9]

We don't even know what "consciousness" really means so first we'd have to establish that to talk about the question in the OP.

 

[Linkark07]

Eh... What else I can do? We are meant to die anyways. So continue with my daily life.

 

[Air]

The way I'm seeing it (as a panpsychist) is that consciousness or at least a proto-consiousness is a universal trait of all things. I mean brains don't just poof into consciousness right? The idea is that through some emergent behavior a very basic kind of awareness becomes more complex with enough parts and resembles our brain. The question of what the brain would do is that it's essentiallyinterestinh or some kind of set of coagulated conscious parts so when that breaks down consciousness is still there (as it's a trait in reality), but the complexity and sense of self awareness is probably gone or changed.

Philosophy of mind is a lot more complicated a and interesting than a lot of you guys are assuming.

 

[Kai Dracon]

I've thought about this before, and in point of fact, it is partly what made me come to feel the typical rationalist motivation to live well - there's no life after death, religion is a crutch, etc - isn't good enough a philosophy for me.

I don't want to get the most out of life by being afraid of death and trying to cram it all in before I die. Also, in time, that isn't going to be effective anymore as a motivation for atheist and rationalist to "be good and focus on the here and now". What happens when technology extends life? What happens when death isn't the end in a real way? Whether life after death happens by magic or science, the end result is the same: you need a better reason to enjoy life than worrying about or looking forward to what comes after death.

In short, I'm not concerned about consciousness after death being rationally proved because unless some specific religion's heaven is proved literally true, it doesn't upset my apple cart. This life still matters just as much. What you do for yourself and to others still matters. Experiences are unique moments in time and space. They never happen again regardless of how long you live.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Science of consciousness and the brain is a science of correlation, not explanation of why it happens at the moment.
Look up the Hard Problem of consciousness. Things have changed since the 90s.

Fellow wolf, I wrote my master thesis on consciousness and theory of mind. Currently doing a PhD. I know about the hard problem I'm an avid defender of the reductionist point of view. In short Mind/Consciousness = Brain activity.

 

[Finalow]

''cool, let me know when I can transfer my consciousness to an android-like immortal body and live the rest of my days thinking about how futile existence is" more or less how I'd react.

 

[d00d3n]

Would join the guilty remnant, ofc.

 

[water_wendi]

Not looking forward to the pain of being dead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPc7c4W6btY

 

[ArgyleReptile]

I take it nonlocal in this case means your consciousness can move anywhere and/or appears somewhere far from your body?

Either way, I'd do nothing. Probably wonder how they found it out and say neat and go about my day. I'll worry about it when I actually come close to death/die.

 

[Coinspinner]

Die on top of a Ouija board, then haunt it.