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RE: Let's Talk About Consciousness - wtf is it?
@kevinwong: this is one of the best discussions on consciousness I've seen which actually discusses quantum theory without getting all woo in the process. Very well done, sir! I like to think of consciousness as an emergent property of memory, time, and our stimulus / response mechanisms including pain and pleasure. I love these discussions. :)
Emergent property of memory, time, and our stimulus/response mechanism -- man that's a good description, you've packed those words nicely! Glad you enjoyed the piece :)
A guy named PeterWotz wrote a book called blindsite where he postulated that conchessness is an evolutionary fuckup and that perhaps other aliens are intelligent without being conchess. I'd never considered that.
matter arranged in certain ways = bam, conchessness (like the way you spell it!)
I'm blind and a lot of the time if I think I'm close enough I don't spellcheck. Everything is digital these days so I'm reading less braille thus I'm seeing fewer words spelled out so I spell a lot of things phoneticly by default.
The interesting question for me is "Is what it feels like to be human what it is to be human?" There are many people who think our sense of self is an illusion.
@laconicflow I've noticed that when I dictate too. Seems saying con see us ness is the only way to not get conchshells out of it. ;)
Oh, I was typing, I just can't spell.
Thing is, trying to explain consciousness without any "woo" at all, might most likely lead to an incomplete picture.