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who is the observer who is observing myself?
by GonzaloRizzo 5y ago
who 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"?