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I find it really strange that it is necessary to talk about quantum physics or the nature of time to explore the concept of consciousness. I thought it was pret

I find it really strange that it is necessary to talk about quantum physics or the nature of time to explore the concept of consciousness. I thought it was pretty clear by now that consciousness is a macroscopic, emergent feature, seeing what very very simple neural networks models are able to do.

yk 13y ago
> consciousness is a macroscopic, emergent feature So far everybody agrees, but if you try to define emergent you get into trouble. So is consciousness weakly or strongly emerging? Is there something special about qualia? So far, to the best of my knowledge, nobody has given a good definition, let alone a really good argument for either side.