Eternal Oblivion: Is death eternal darkness?

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[@naturalisted1714]

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't sound like you actually read Clark's essay. In it he explains Generic Subjective Continuity, which explains why death will be followed by yet more conscious experience - a consciousness that some _other_ brain is responsible for. There will be no endless absence of experience. If you haven't, please read his essay. Sam Harris did a podcast episode on it called "The Paradox of Death". Research into Generic Subjective Continuity. There's a lot on here covering it.

[@whatpeoplealsoask2622]

Yes I did read it. Yes, he did address that the possibility of GSC. However, it’s actually not contradictory to the what I said in this video. Since he also mentioned if true oblivion is the case, it’s still not a problem, which is the point in the video. GSC will be a situation if true oblivion’s alternative. So I think maybe his ideas might be closer to Socrates, open to both possibilities? From what I read, he indeed said we cannot responsibly come to the conclusion that nothingness is the permanent end. But he did address that if that is the case, we won’t feel it. So I don’t see the contradiction between the possibility of GSC and the point that he posit true oblivion won’t be feel here. Also, even GSC is true, the true oblivion might still be a thing between conscious phase, but it won’t be felt, I think it’s also one of his points. Also thank you for the posdcast recommendations, I will check it out 😉 In this case, I also feel like GSC is similar to the concept of rejecting closed individualism, open individualism or something empty indivisualism , but not quite sure which case that is, what do you think about this ?

[@naturalisted1714]

​@@whatpeoplealsoask2622Tom and I discuss Generic Subjective Continuity frequently, along with free will and determinism. Tom, Elijah Everett and myself had a discussion on GSC awhile back. It's on Elijah's channel: What is wrong with the world. You should be able to find it by searching "Generic Subjective Continuity Tom Clark". I've also made many videos about it on my channel, so feel free to check some of them out to know my views on it. I know that Tom definitely doesn't think Oblivion or Nothingness is an option. He is pretty sure that when a person ceases to exist, only Generic Subjective Continuity is what happens, due to the person completely ceasing to exist. This is because he adheres to the view that brains are responsible for consciousness. So, it would follow that he's a Closed Individualist, as am I. Also, you can listen to the crux of the Sam Harris episode here on KZbin. Just search "Generic Subjective Continuity" and you'll see it.

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[@GoWandererGo]

I am starting to believe in eternal oblivion. Nothingness.