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"Who is the observer" is not consistent. Maybe "what part of myself is the observer".
by visarga 5y ago
"Who is the observer" is not consistent. Maybe "what part of myself is the observer".
- GonzaloRizzo 5y agowho is the observer who is observing myself?
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- visarga 5y agoLet's try to replace "who" with "computer". Who is the computer that observes itself? all of them. A computer is not passive, a brain is not passive. It can observe itself. In other words, the parts communicate.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoA city is not passive. The parts communicate. Is there consciousness there?
- visarga 5y agoMaybe it is. It's a self replicator, a culture and technology preserver, a competitor in the race for resources. I think much of what we think is human intelligence is actually crystalized intelligence in the form of language and tools. We got them by default, as citizens of our city.
- neosat 5y agoThe whole point is, that's not an obviously valid replacement in the context of consciousness. What's your definition of "passive"?