Clarke critiqued the common depiction of eternal oblivion as plunged into darkness.

克拉克批判了將永恆的遺忘描繪成陷入黑暗的常見做法。

He argued that when people, including non-religious individuals, envision their own death, they often imagine a future self experiencing perpetual silent darkness.

他認為，當人們（包括非宗教人士）憧憬自己的死亡時，往往會想象一個未來的自己正在經歷永恆的寂靜黑暗。

This, Clarke asserted, is a misconception because the absence of consciousness precludes any awareness of space or time.

克拉克斷言，這是一種誤解，因為意識的缺失排除了對空間或時間的認識。

Darkness, as an experience, necessitates consciousness to perceive it.

作為一種體驗，黑暗需要意識來感知。

In true oblivion, there is an absence of experience altogether, for experience requires the presence of subjective self.

在真正的遺忘中，完全沒有體驗，因為體驗需要主觀自我的存在。