You need to more formally define consciousness and “continuity of consciousness” in order for this to be a worthwhile topic.
Whether it’s a period of deep/no-dream sleep, a freeze and thaw cycle, emulation, or a copy operation, you’re trying to answer the question of “what relationship do these two distinct-but-very-similar configurations of data (brain or electronic model) have to each other”. Your brain at 2016-01-07T18:54:26,922604088 is different from your brain at 2016-01-07T18:54:55,035292477, but in many ways, you want to treat them as “the same”.
Define the critera for identity, and this question will dissolve.
You need to more formally define consciousness and “continuity of consciousness” in order for this to be a worthwhile topic.
Whether it’s a period of deep/no-dream sleep, a freeze and thaw cycle, emulation, or a copy operation, you’re trying to answer the question of “what relationship do these two distinct-but-very-similar configurations of data (brain or electronic model) have to each other”. Your brain at 2016-01-07T18:54:26,922604088 is different from your brain at 2016-01-07T18:54:55,035292477, but in many ways, you want to treat them as “the same”.
Define the critera for identity, and this question will dissolve.
This is the answer.