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would you rather be tortured for an hour and but have your memory of that hour wiped later, or be tortured for a minute but have lucidity and good memory of it later? (self.wouldyourather)
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fucked up question, I know - but ultimately it's a question about suffering and experience of personhood - did "you" really experience the torture for an hour if you don't remember it later?

What about the hour where you were awake and present, before the memory is wiped? How much does that suffering matter? Does the fact that after the torture you won't remember override the suffering you will experience in the present during the torture, relative to suffering you will remember the rest of your life?

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[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

I think I'd treat it like Odysseus meeting the sirens. I could avoid the whole memory, but there's a chance I could learn something from the encounter. Might put my life into perspective or something.

[-] dandelion 1 points 8 hours ago

Are you saying you'd sign up for the whole hour of torture without memory loss? ๐Ÿ˜œ

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