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Yea cells probably do know they are a thing but is that really consciousness or should we call it “awareness.” Your own consciousness is likely a combination o
by edgyquant 4y ago
Yea cells probably do know they are a thing but is that really consciousness or should we call it “awareness.” Your own consciousness is likely a combination of this or even what you experience as sentience is the swapping of attention between these different cells that point to trees of thought.
This is at least what I’ve come to believe after meditation.
- resource0x 4y agoSuppose my consciousness is localized in a single neuron. This neuron is connected to thousands of other neurons, each of which is connected to... etc, so the "me"-cell indirectly receives inputs from the entire body. The swapping of attention, as well as any other effect you can think of, could conceivably be implemented by a "me"-cell alone, just based on the interplay of inputs.