(2025-01-06, 02:07 AM)Valmar Wrote: It doesn't actually "cease" proper, no. There's no evidence that it does.
There is prima facie evidence that consciousness ceases during general anaesthetic given what seems to be the case to those like myself who have undergone it.
You can't expect your bare claim that we were really conscious but just forgot it to carry weight.
(2025-01-06, 02:07 AM)Valmar Wrote: Being conscious in the middle of surgery is a very powerful hint that experience does not "cease" ~ it is merely suppressed
Again, this seems like a mere semantic distinction: suppression of consciousness to the point of non-consciousness is cessation of consciousness.
(2025-01-06, 02:07 AM)Valmar Wrote: Well now, that's a bit much. How about we all calm down a little?
How about you learn to make a case rather than just-so assertions biased by your metaphysic?