Consciousness should be a deeply spooky thing. Or, rather, the fact that we routinelylose consciousness should be a deeply spooky thing. Here, at some murky threshold that we never quite see until we've already tumbled over, self-awareness just blinks into darkness. For this time, our bodies and senses are gone and maybe we're left to dream our way through some mutated memories, but mostly it's just darkness. And then, suddenly, the light's on and we're pitched back across the threshold complete with senses and awareness and the need to pee. Once again: consciousness.

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