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> Some rather theoretical scientists are arguing that the notion of so-called [my] self is just an illusion of the same kind. Illusion of mind, which is repres
by red75prime 10y ago
> Some rather theoretical scientists are arguing that the notion of so-called [my] self is just an illusion of the same kind.
Illusion of mind, which is represented as activity of neural patterns in a brain, and therefore causes observable effects, stretches definition of illusion to the point of losing any sense.
- pessimizer 10y ago> [mind...] is represented as activity of neural patterns in a brain This is the stretch; accepting electrical activity (EEGs in particular) as a proof of mind. If electrical activity is a proof of mind, my radio has a mind.
- red75prime 10y agoWhen radio mediates sounds of "I think, therefore I am", there's nothing more than sound and electrical currents correlated with waveform of that sound in it. Source: I can build simple radio. Why brain is probably not like that? Because there's no single experimental result pointing in this direction, while there's nothing contradicting the idea of brain producing mind. I know, philosophers are arguing both pro and contra, but they unlikely to come to agreement in nearest 100 years. Thus I need experimental results that brain is somehow communicates to something, to take this seriously.