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> consciousness is an illusory tool The notion of an illusion requires an observer. What is that observer, if not self/consciousness?
by andrewflnr 4y ago
> consciousness is an illusory tool
The notion of an illusion requires an observer. What is that observer, if not self/consciousness?
- es7 4y agoThe brain. It is an illusion of the brain. A set of neurons gets some input and that feeds into another set of neurons that has to make all the information from many sources coherent. Those neurons label the input firing pattens as qualia and then act as if they were experiencing the world rather than just signal processing, and so ‘experience’ is not real in any metaphysical sense. I’m not 100% sure I believe that theory, but I do find it highly plausible.
- naasking 4y ago> The notion of an illusion requires an observer In this debate, "consciousness" is an ineffable quality that goes beyond perception. Illusions only require perceptions for a self, not consciousness.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoThe system reacting to itself, but thinking that it is looking at a separate system.