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Oct 2, 2015 at 17:00	comment	added	Chelonian		Nicely done, Zoasterboy. Another way of putting it and therefore underscoring the absurdity of the question might be, "What would it be like to experience nothing at all?"
May 2, 2012 at 0:55	comment	added	Zoasterboy		The latter ("cannot perceive unconsciousness") simply cannot ever be done, even through a full understanding of consciousness. One can't be conscious of unconsciousness or any unconscious process, even if familiar with them in a technical sense. Perceiving anything involves a conscious perception, or a simulated re-perception via memory. To perceive death assumes one can perceive something outside of a conscious state. I'm assuming here that death is the end of perception, and thus a lack of perception is not something that can be perceived. Think of what it was like before your birth.
May 1, 2012 at 23:38	comment	added	Andy McKenzie		Your claim seems to be that "cannot perceive death" is equivalent to "cannot perceive unconsciousness", and that the latter can't be done until we understand consciousness better. I agree, and I think this helps clarify his point, although it also makes it weaker by generalizing it. Regardless, +1 for the interesting link.
May 1, 2012 at 23:28	history	answered	Zoasterboy	CC BY-SA 3.0