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> The fact that a single, first-person consciousness exists is entirely objective. I wouldn't describe my consciousness as 'single or 'first-person. It often r
by maxwell 17y ago
> The fact that a single, first-person consciousness exists is entirely objective.
I wouldn't describe my consciousness as 'single or 'first-person. It often runs multiple threads, and by no means exclusively thinks of itself in the first-person.
Additionally, it really doesn't identify with this body much more than, say, this house or computer. My consciousness isn't 'human any more than it's "ranch-style" or 'x86. Our language has already adopted inorganic technologies as extensions of ourselves (e.g. I say "I'll come over" which expands to "I'll come over in my car").
- tome 17y agoYou might be interested in Thomas Nagel's "What is it like to be a bat?" which takes the opposite stance to you, i.e. that bat consciousness is inseparable from being a bat (and analogously, human). See e.g. http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm http://www.consciousentities.com/bats.htm