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13 Post author: Vulture 02 January 2014 01:34AM

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Comment author: Vulture 06 January 2014 03:54:55PM *  1 point [-]

I believe I experienced it a few times when we were experimenting with switching, and it wasn't particularly pleasant.

This is scary. I might stay away from switching for now if it carries a serious risk of accidentally creating and then destroying consciousness!

Comment author: Vigil 07 January 2014 07:07:45PM 3 points [-]

Consciousness is overrated.