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Just blindly bought this book because I think consciousness is one of the most fascinating unexplained aspects of our universe.
by oldstrangers 4y ago
Just blindly bought this book because I think consciousness is one of the most fascinating unexplained aspects of our universe.
- flockonus 4y agoI wish I got the appreciation.. would you be able to describe what is fascinating about it?
- namero999 4y agoIt's the ultimate riddle.
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoHere is a good overview of the problem (and the controversy): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousnes...
- 53r3PB9769ba 4y agoMaybe I'm a p-zombie then, because I just don't get it. I've spent hours upon hours thinking about thinking and observing my own thought processes and I don't see anything that couldn't be explained scientifically.
- namero999 4y agoOne must explain how the jump from quantities to qualities works.
- notfed 4y agoFor starters: - Why is there something rather than nothing? - Does a universe with no one in it to observe it count as something or nothing? Then, imagine we're building an AI and want to know whether it's reached our level or not: - How can we determine whether the AI experiences qualia the same (or similar) way we do, and isn't lying? - Where to draw the line between conscious being and computer?
- agitator 4y agoHow do you know if the people to your left or right experience sensations the same way you do? When they look at the sky does their mind paint the sky with the same color?
- bobobob420 4y agoScientific method was created for this
- notfed 4y agoFalse. It's unfalsifiable. There is no experiment possible that you can set up to answer these questions, any more than you can construct an experiment to prove whether there is a God.
- oldstrangers 4y agoWhy am I me and not you? Why am I not everyone? Am I everyone? Is consciousness an illusion? Is consciousness specific to an individual or do we all start with a 'base consciousness' that evolves with age? What is the chemical, physical or biological process responsible for consciousness? Does consciousness exist on an atomic level? Why do electrons appear to be conscious? Why can't we quantify it? Can we transfer it? Do trees or fungi have consciousness? Why or why not? What's the minimal requirement for consciousness? Is constitutive panpsychism real? Is consciousness a latent property of the universe? Etc.