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What if a thing with consciousness is also the only living thing which can accumulate a "self" that can propagate through lifetimes? The principle of how plants
by blueprint 5y ago
What if a thing with consciousness is also the only living thing which can accumulate a "self" that can propagate through lifetimes? The principle of how plants produce seeds would be the same although obviously the systems are different. To start with, plants pass on their "selves" through their "bodies" and seeds, but human children are obviously distinct selves, therefore, perhaps we ought to start searching for a physical system where a human self exists. It's an unconfirmed and probably foolhardy assumption that the brain alone creates and supports the existence or propagation of consciousness. What else in the universe is capable of doing what we already attribute to the physical capabilities of the brain as pertaining to what we call the physical (e.g. electromagnetic) activities of consciousness?
- technothrasher 5y ago> It's an unconfirmed and probably foolhardy assumption that the brain alone creates and supports the existence or propagation of consciousness. This is not an assumption that science makes. However, we have never observed consciousness in anything that does not have a brain, and physically altering a brain can cause fundamental changes in consciousness. So, until there is evidence that consciousness is not tied directly to a brain, its the best working model we have. Suppositions to the contrary are interesting but meaningless without being supported by evidence.
- blueprint 5y ago"we have never observed consciousness in anything that does not have a brain" how would you measure consciousness?