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When the mystery of consciousness is "solved", will it be capable of being explained in English? Or can it only be solved at some level of math and physics?
by rms 18y ago
When the mystery of consciousness is "solved", will it be capable of being explained in English? Or can it only be solved at some level of math and physics?
- jmtame 18y agoI want to say a bit of both, but I can't imagine how far away we are. The mind carries one of the most advanced file storage and retrieval systems, and on top of that, it's not like one activity happens only in one place. The mind works with several other parts in conjunction with most common tasks (blood flow increases in many parts of the brain when you look at a picture, triggering a lot of different things to happen at once). Just knowing that blood flow increases is only a measure of the energy used, it doesn't even tell us what's happening at the lowest level. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm always very interested in this sort of stuff. I've been given a few book recommendations which I hope to take time to get around to, just swamped with work and have a few books on my list already.
- biohacker42 18y agoDefinitely in English, and also in bio-chemistry. Math and physics only as much as chemistry is applied physics and physics applied math.
- tel 18y agoI feel that math will probably show it's head in studying neuronal networking; after all, we're going to want to model it someday.
- KevBurnsJr 18y agoIt's questions like this that make me wonder whether humanity will ever learn to cease its fruitless search for illusory solutions to non-existent problems in favor of a life defined by one's personal discovery of the infinite. SELF AWARENESS: THE ONLY FRONTIER