Sorry about that ridiculous watermark.

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    But the mind does not have continuity. You mind ends and a new copy starts and thinks it has continuity.

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        Yes? How does that break continuity in your mind? You go “unconscious,” but the chemical reactions that make up your mind are still going

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              How can you tell if it is the old mind of a new mind with the memories of the old one?

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                Because the process of chemical reactions in my brain never stopped. I suppose if, without my knowledge, I was killed and replaced with a clone that has all my memories, there would be no way for me to tell, but the sleeping isn’t what kills me there

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                There’s no gap in continuity when I’m asleep. The chemical processes comprising my mind don’t stop. The mind is a process of chemical reactions, regardless of whether it’s conscious at any given time. My mind Is my mind regardless of whether it’s aware of its surroundings at any given time. If the product of the physical interactions between the neurons in my brain.