The most compelling insight is that anesthesia reveals how little we still understand about the experience of being conscious. It also highlights a broader lesson in medicine: not fully understanding a mechanism does not prevent us from using a therapy safely when we can carefully monitor its effects and respond to the individual in front of us.
I love this! It is such a good point!! Even though we don’t fully understand doesn’t mean that we can’t treat! This is huge in the field of pain for example! There is so much we still don’t understand but that doesn’t mean we should be ignoring it!
The most compelling insight is that anesthesia reveals how little we still understand about the experience of being conscious. It also highlights a broader lesson in medicine: not fully understanding a mechanism does not prevent us from using a therapy safely when we can carefully monitor its effects and respond to the individual in front of us.
I love this! It is such a good point!! Even though we don’t fully understand doesn’t mean that we can’t treat! This is huge in the field of pain for example! There is so much we still don’t understand but that doesn’t mean we should be ignoring it!
Fascinating as usual, Jenni! 😊
Thank you so much, Melanie!