What a horrific and brilliant article. I'm only half-way through it – just reached the part about Kant – and fully intend to finish it when I wake up tomorrow (no pun intended)
I wonder what effect a lifetime's meditation practice might have here. As in, if one's trained one's brain through many thousands of hours of focus and deep self-inquiry – to find and become aware of the source of their awareness – whether they might innately be more prepared to deal with become conscious mid-surgery (even if their "personality" isn't conscious, just their I...)
I wonder what effect a lifetime's meditation practice might have here. As in, if one's trained one's brain through many thousands of hours of focus and deep self-inquiry – to find and become aware of the source of their awareness – whether they might innately be more prepared to deal with become conscious mid-surgery (even if their "personality" isn't conscious, just their I...)