Isvara

Did you have to give directions to your clients? Like, "Go straight, then take a left when you reach the fork...'

Hmm. Is it not due to blood being diverted to the muscles ready for fight or flight? I know that indigestion can be caused by blood being diverted away from the digestive system (in the case of doing exercise too soon after eating).

Really, there are like two scientific questions in this thread

FTFY

I can't help feeling that if you put whatever makes me conscious into a machine, then that is not me, but a copy of me. The original me still has to face dying, and knowing that a copy of me lives on doesn't seem like much comfort.

Because this is on the front page of formal subreddit /r/IAmA which is normally reserved for the likes of A-list screen actors, athletes, and other celebrities, top researchers whose notability is above-and-beyond the top journals in their fields (think people invited to present at TED), and people who have done things truly unusual and noteworthy.

You're fucking kidding, right? Let's see what's on there right now:

• A navy SEAL

• A guy who made some Lego bible pictures

• An aircraft mechanic

• A guy who "occasionally drives escorts"

• Someone who wrote a musical comedy about cancer

• A competitive eater

• An "aspiring" author

• A potter (not Harry)