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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? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you'd like Severance first of all.

Second, if I do not remember it at ALL like including trauma responses or subconscious stuff, then the hour. EZ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, though second season was disappointing to me, I really enjoyed first season.

And yes, I think in this case there is no memory as though you had been under anaesthesia (but unlike anaesthesia, you will be fully conscious the whole hour and experience the suffering - so this is a bit adjacent to a Severance situation, someone is suffering and that someone is you, still).