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The problem of consciousness is about understanding systems which feed back into themselves, build a model of themselves, and reason about themselves. The struc
by fennecfoxen 7y ago
The problem of consciousness is about understanding systems which feed back into themselves, build a model of themselves, and reason about themselves. The structure underneath is well known, if not perfectly understood.
The problem of physics is that it’s not clear what the structure of reality is. It is not known in the slightest but it seems unlikely it has a connection to metacognition.
Article connects these with a lame “software running on unknown hardware” analogy and works to suggest the universe could run on consciousness, or something incoherent like that.
tldr article looks like it’s pretty much trash popsci; why is it even here? Kill it with fire ;)
- jfengel 7y agoWorse: popphil.
- fennecfoxen 7y ago"These two phenomenon have an important, fundamental connection: As laypeople, we don't understand anything about how either of them work." — works for either of them
- cairo_x 7y ago> The problem of consciousness is about understanding systems which feed back into themselves, build a model of themselves, and reason about themselves. The structure underneath is well known, if not perfectly understood. The problem is you could build a system that satisfies each of those states and we still couldn't prove if it had qualia or not. That is literally 'the hard problem'.