Quotulatiousness

March 10, 2016

The Trouble with Transporters

Filed under: Humour, Media, Science — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Published on 7 Mar 2016

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1 Comment

  1. Nice summation of matters I gave thought to long, long ago. In my own writings I rejected the matter-energy transformation and went for space-warp doorways instead. I don’t know where all that distance goes, but the being who steps in one side and steps out the other side is quite clearly the same being!

    In answer to the apparent interruption of consciousness when we are under anasthetic or even while asleep, I suggest we broaden our idea of what constitutes our being. Is it only the conscious mind? I don’t think it is. In fact, I don’t think who we are is even compartmentalized the way Freud and other psychologists believed. Our subconscious, our memories, the emotive part of the brain and our instinctual hind brain are all part of us, all operating as long as we live and all in touch with the other parts. While our self-awareness may be in an abated condition while we sleep or are on the operating table, the rest of our brain still chugs along. It is merely as though the brightness control of a TV screen has been turned down to almost total darkness — but the the signal is still being projected by the electron gun on the phosphor dots lining the television screen. In other words, the interruption is only of our awareness, but not of our total being. So I think it is reasonably safe to turn in at night and enjoy a sound sleep … unless you are in the habit of falling out of bed. I’ve done that, too, but that’s another story.

    Comment by Taral Wayne — March 10, 2016 @ 15:43

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