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As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.

Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I think therefore I am" ... does that also mean "I thought therefore I was"? or something like that?

No, theoretically your whole memory could be an illusion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah right, there's a theory, like "Last Thursdayism" or something.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, also there's the theory of Boltzmann brains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

Good luck. ;)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why you gotta do me like that on a Monday Morning!? Here we go...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've now concluded I'm a virtual Boltzmann Brain, thx.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's a pleasure to be part of the random fluctuation that is your existence. tips hat