There are also drugs (amnestics) that apparently prevent the encoding of permanent memories without (apparently) interfering with consciouslness. Used so that patients can respond to instructions without (apparently) being traumatized by the discomfort/indignity. Don't know how those would fit into this schema. Is it torture if you don't remember it later?
There's a widely-used technique called twilight anesthesia which Wikipedia describes as "an anesthetic technique where a mild dose of sedation is applied to induce anxiolysis (anxiety relief), hypnosis, and anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories)."
I had twilight anesthesia for an operation to remove three wisdom teeth (plus a fourth tooth that had been damaged by pressure from an adjacent wisdom tooth). I have vague memories of the beginning of the procedure, and after that almost the next thing I remember was waking to find the instrument tray looking like a slaughterhouse.
Almost. Because between those two memories, I have one other memory. I remember groaning and trying to get out of the chair, and having to be forced back into it by the doctor and the very large technician (I wondered at the time why the tech was a huge beefy guy who I'd never seen before at this practice; afterward, I understood).
On the evidence, I'd say that my Innie wasn't having a great time.
When I have a severe fever, it is almost like clockwork when my "other self" comes out to torture me. It creates elaborate nightmares and fuses reality w/ dreams to make me wonder what is real (including one where I murdered someone, hid their body, then explained how it would cover it up from my "normal self" once the fever broke). I hate the experience, but I also have great respect for that creative part of my brain that decides the minute it gets free from the leash, it decides to truly show me what it is capable of.
What I find interesting about fever-dreams is that I will remember things that I haven't thought about in years or even decades. It's as if the fever allows my brain to access memories that I didn't even know I had.
There are also drugs (amnestics) that apparently prevent the encoding of permanent memories without (apparently) interfering with consciouslness. Used so that patients can respond to instructions without (apparently) being traumatized by the discomfort/indignity. Don't know how those would fit into this schema. Is it torture if you don't remember it later?
There's a widely-used technique called twilight anesthesia which Wikipedia describes as "an anesthetic technique where a mild dose of sedation is applied to induce anxiolysis (anxiety relief), hypnosis, and anterograde amnesia (inability to form new memories)."
I had twilight anesthesia for an operation to remove three wisdom teeth (plus a fourth tooth that had been damaged by pressure from an adjacent wisdom tooth). I have vague memories of the beginning of the procedure, and after that almost the next thing I remember was waking to find the instrument tray looking like a slaughterhouse.
Almost. Because between those two memories, I have one other memory. I remember groaning and trying to get out of the chair, and having to be forced back into it by the doctor and the very large technician (I wondered at the time why the tech was a huge beefy guy who I'd never seen before at this practice; afterward, I understood).
On the evidence, I'd say that my Innie wasn't having a great time.
# ...it was the Outie who decided to undergo the consciousness-splitting procedure in the first place,
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*Sure* about that?
After all, the Innie seems to have a *very* efficient memory-wiping mechanism in operation...
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while the Innie just has to live with the consequences.
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Since I can fly and (seemingly) teleport in my dreams, I'n not sure the Outie is the one actually calling the shots in this relationship.
When I have a severe fever, it is almost like clockwork when my "other self" comes out to torture me. It creates elaborate nightmares and fuses reality w/ dreams to make me wonder what is real (including one where I murdered someone, hid their body, then explained how it would cover it up from my "normal self" once the fever broke). I hate the experience, but I also have great respect for that creative part of my brain that decides the minute it gets free from the leash, it decides to truly show me what it is capable of.
What I find interesting about fever-dreams is that I will remember things that I haven't thought about in years or even decades. It's as if the fever allows my brain to access memories that I didn't even know I had.