Regular sleep may not suspend consciousness (although it can very well be argued in some phases of sleep it does), but anesthesia, deep hypothermia, coma, … definitely do, and are very valid examples to bring forward in the “teleport” debate.
I’ve yet to see a definition of consciousness that doesn’t have problems with all those states of “deep sleep” (which most people don’t have any trouble with), while saying it’s not “the same person” for the teleporter.
Regular sleep may not suspend consciousness (although it can very well be argued in some phases of sleep it does), but anesthesia, deep hypothermia, coma, … definitely do, and are very valid examples to bring forward in the “teleport” debate.
I’ve yet to see a definition of consciousness that doesn’t have problems with all those states of “deep sleep” (which most people don’t have any trouble with), while saying it’s not “the same person” for the teleporter.
“Anesthesia, deep hypothermia, coma, … definitely do”—don’t people have dreams or at least some thoughts occur during these?
How would you distinguish between no experiences occurring, and no memories being formed or retained?
Just because we can’t observe things doesn’t mean they don’t exist
But what’s your reason for thinking they exist?