Does Consciousness Disappear in Dreamless Sleep?

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Does Consciousness Disappear in Dreamless Sleep? - Lemmy.world

Art [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/die-on-it] by smbc-comics >Consciousness is often said to disappear in deep, dreamless sleep. We argue that this assumption is oversimplified. Unless dreamless sleep is defined as unconscious from the outset there are good empirical and theoretical reasons for saying that a range of different types of sleep experience, some of which are distinct from dreaming, can occur in all stages of sleep. Pubmed Articles [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27765517/] Does Consciousness Disappear in Dreamless Sleep? [https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(16)30152-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1364661316301528%3Fshowall%3Dtrue] Sciencealert Article We Were Wrong About Consciousness Disappearing in Dreamless Sleep, Say Scientists [https://www.sciencealert.com/your-consciousness-does-not-switch-off-during-a-dreamless-sleep-say-scientists]

Sleep is NOTHING like death. You're still experiencing lots of stuff, you still very much have a sense of self, you're still thinking things, your brain is still processing lots of information.

General anesthesia - now THAT is a real close period to what being dead is.

I’ve had general anesthesia, it was just like falling into a deep, dreamless sleep.

If death is like that, then there’s absolutely nothing to be afraid of.

Except the agonizing pain that precedes death
If it’s death from too much anaesthesia (or, apparently, freezing), there is none.
Is there a way to actually know that?
Is there a way to actually know anything?