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Originally Posted by marvin_pa
At the risk of sounding glib, I eventually concluded that the absolute finality of that scenario was in a way, comforting. Game over, no more worries about losing your save points, or screwing up boss battle #9...
Personally, the hard thing to deal with is that consciousness is seemingly a singular experience that cannot (barring events currently considered paranormal/afterlife) be directly shared with another sentient soul. On the other hand, having that ability to directly experience another's consciousness has already been explored in the realm of sci-fi & comes with it's own set of pitfalls...
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I don’t buy any sci-fi/paranormal/afterlife claptrap and I think that the inability that you write of is a
very good thing.
I cannot empathize enough my wonder and awe in contemplating exactly how individually unique we are! What right bastards we can be; all of us! How smart we can be; some of us! How very benevolent others can be! How horribly bacchant I was!
I shudder at the thought (pun) of another invading my twisted mind. I believe that I would be ill discovering the nasty-little-secrets in the minds of others.
Let’s be content in our own dusty attics.