Core Concept
Conscious survival
Survival defined from the inside. A future moment counts as your survival if you experience that moment as yours, regardless of which body produces it.
Your body can be alive without you being conscious. Your body being alive and you not be conscious is a form of survival but it is not conscious survival. Your conscious survival not only requires there to be a consciousness produced by a body but that the consciousness that is being produced is one that you experience.
Related Concepts
- APA
- Douglas, M. (2026). Conscious survival. You Never Die companion site. Retrieved from https://volney.co/concepts/conscious-survival.html
- MLA
- Douglas, Mark. "Conscious survival." You Never Die companion site, 2026, https://volney.co/concepts/conscious-survival.html.
- Chicago
- Douglas, Mark. "Conscious survival." You Never Die companion site. Last modified 2026. https://volney.co/concepts/conscious-survival.html.
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