▲ 985 ▼ Engineering mathemagics (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 child) In any case, it's powered with electricity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] underwire212@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is it even something that’s powered? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, because if you take the power away it stops existing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) But if you turn it back on the conscious doesn't return. Electricity is the energy conscious runs on, but it's not consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The trouble is that even the consciousness maintenance needs power. If the power is out for too long the infrastructure is too damaged. So it actually does return when you turn it off. It just has to be done quickly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Apparently stops existing, to outside observers who've never been able to see it anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Is it even something that’s powered? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, because if you take the power away it stops existing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) But if you turn it back on the conscious doesn't return. Electricity is the energy conscious runs on, but it's not consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The trouble is that even the consciousness maintenance needs power. If the power is out for too long the infrastructure is too damaged. So it actually does return when you turn it off. It just has to be done quickly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Apparently stops existing, to outside observers who've never been able to see it anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yes, because if you take the power away it stops existing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) But if you turn it back on the conscious doesn't return. Electricity is the energy conscious runs on, but it's not consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The trouble is that even the consciousness maintenance needs power. If the power is out for too long the infrastructure is too damaged. So it actually does return when you turn it off. It just has to be done quickly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Apparently stops existing, to outside observers who've never been able to see it anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) But if you turn it back on the conscious doesn't return. Electricity is the energy conscious runs on, but it's not consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The trouble is that even the consciousness maintenance needs power. If the power is out for too long the infrastructure is too damaged. So it actually does return when you turn it off. It just has to be done quickly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) The trouble is that even the consciousness maintenance needs power. If the power is out for too long the infrastructure is too damaged. So it actually does return when you turn it off. It just has to be done quickly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 point 1 year ago That's why electroconvulsive therapy uses pulses of about a millisecond. But, then, it's not actually turning the power off, ECT is more of a warm reset of consciousness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Apparently stops existing, to outside observers who've never been able to see it anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
