The top part of the response is the most accurate. Work in the medical field long enough and you see what happens to "conciousness" when parts of the brain are impaired, begin to break down, malfunction, or were simply lacking to begin with.
It's all an illusion, a rich tapestry woven by the brain, and in the grand scheme of things it doesn't take much to strip us of it.
BaronMusclethorpe t1_jea2iib wrote
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The top part of the response is the most accurate. Work in the medical field long enough and you see what happens to "conciousness" when parts of the brain are impaired, begin to break down, malfunction, or were simply lacking to begin with.
It's all an illusion, a rich tapestry woven by the brain, and in the grand scheme of things it doesn't take much to strip us of it.