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Well, you can move your hand, right? So consciousness can affect matter. And you can see stuff, so matter can affect consciousness as well. It's not a great lea
by cousin_it 11y ago
Well, you can move your hand, right? So consciousness can affect matter. And you can see stuff, so matter can affect consciousness as well. It's not a great leap to say that consciousness is a program running on a computer made of matter, rather than something mystical high and above. Also we can knock out parts of the brain and affect the corresponding parts of consciousness, so the conclusion is kinda obvious.
Some people try to rescue dualism by saying the brain is a kind of radio talking to an outside consciousness, but we were never able to detect the signals, so I wouldn't trust that theory too much.
- ca98am79 11y agoIf you break a light bulb do you destroy light itself? No, you just break a light bulb. Similarly, if someone's brain is hurt, it may not affect consciousness, just the person's brain. People have a closed mind about these things and say words like "obvious" etc.. when it may be valuable to think about things differently or from another point of view.
- randallsquared 11y ago> If you break a light bulb do you destroy light itself? You certainly destroy the process of light creation in that bulb, which is the proper analogy with the consciousness of a single mind. No one is claiming that messing with a single brain affects consciousness itself, only the consciousness of that brain.
- ca98am79 11y agoWhat I propose is that the light bulb doesn't create electricity, in the same way that the brain doesn't create consciousness