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In reply to the discussion: Consciousness: often even scientifically minded people make unscientific assumptions [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)but I've never seen a compelling reason to believe that.
How can what was perfectly possible before I was alive, my future consciousness, become impossible after I die? Where did my consciousness go?
I don't believe in souls, so I don't believe my consciousness will permanently disappear to another place or into permanent nothingness. I don't believe that nature has a record keeper keeping track of which potential consciousness has yet existed. All evidence that I know indicates that consciousness is a particular natural process of the brain.
What is it that makes twins that share the same genes have different conscious-selves is unknowable. But the only alternative to brains creating consciousness through a particular brain process would be that consciousness is separate from the physical brain, contained in a soul. I don't believe that.