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<\/a><\/div>\nPatrick had an interesting observation on the comment thread of my post on jump discontinuities in identity (whether induced by prayer or otherwise)<\/a>:<\/p>\n As for discontinuity of identity while asleep\u2026 I suffer that every night, and I suspect everyone else does too. I can\u2019t remember the moment of falling asleep. There is a period of time between laying down in bed and actually falling asleep that I experience every night, but which I am incapable of remembering. Likewise I have dreams but only remember some of them, and only partially. I don\u2019t think you can get more discontinuous than an amnesiac episode- anything you thought of during that time, any changes those thoughts had\u2026 kaput. I\u2019m pretty sure that discontinuity of identity is a continual aspect of being human.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Those discontinuities are strange and at least somewhat discomfiting. \u00a0I\u2019m less troubled by dreams, since I default towards the useful brain rest time\/interesting perspective on your issues school of thought, \u00a0(Tristyn had a\u00a0thought-provoking piece on dreams<\/a> recently. \u00a0I have a plenty of sympathy towards her position, even if I tend to apply it more to daydreams).\u00a0\u00a0But, no matter what, I am always suspicious of lost time.<\/p>\n As a somewhat straight-laced college student, I feel most justified in my prissery when it comes to excessive drinking \u2014 specifically drinking to deliberately induce blackout<\/a> and the next-day pride plenty of people have in achieving amnesia.<\/p>\n