Coma patients are just a subset of people without awareness.
Awareness is not binary. My friend going into diabetic coma exhibits a degree of awareness until you realize her answers to my questions have stopped and you have to call the ambulance.
I do agree that the brain optimizes routine things, thus my question is it not possible to function without awareness (ie sleepwalking through life).
Awareness is not binary. My friend going into diabetic coma exhibits a degree of awareness until you realize her answers to my questions have stopped and you have to call the ambulance.
I do agree that the brain optimizes routine things, thus my question is it not possible to function without awareness (ie sleepwalking through life).
I am going from books like these: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Flesh-Embodied-Challenge-W...
Here's a premise: Most(90+%) of our thought occurs subconsciously . Is it not possible function 100% subconsiously?
Think about sleeping on a math problem and the solution coming to you suddenly.