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Tag Archives: consciousness
Sentient
Sentient [ 21/May/23 Mike posted a quote “What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There’s no evidence for it.”… ] Agree that the quote is wrong, an over simplification; and it points in the direction that we … Continue reading
Developing a Deeper Understanding of Life
Daniel Schmachtenberger – Developing a Deeper Understanding of Life [ 26/April/23 ] While I align with Daniel in many dimensions of the extremely complex issues we have as a species, two things Daniel stated in this interview give me deep … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Our Future, understanding
Tagged complexity, consciousness, Evolution, life, understanding
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Consciousness
[ 23/April/22 ] Given the biases in human neural networks for simplicity and for group cohesion and agreement, then it is not surprising that ideas like gods, religions and pan-psychism survive. But if one is seriously interested in physics and … Continue reading
Posted in understanding
Tagged consciousness, understanding, understanding consciousness
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Spirit/Soul
[ 25/March/22 Consider these two possibilities and the ramifications of each: We DO NOT have a soul/spirit/life force. We are created from nothing and go back to nothing. God, the afterlife, eternity, ghosts do not exist and morals, rules, and … Continue reading
Start on relativity and moving through autism to consciousness
Chris linked to a video on special relativity Some Cool Ways of Looking at the Special Theory of Relativity [ 4/March/22 Chris wrote – nice distraction from the awful world we live in.] I’d say wonderful example of the amazing … Continue reading
Lifeboat Foundation – AI consciousness
[ 13/Feb/22 ] With my interactions with AIs over the last year or two, I will quite happily accept the notion that some of them are conscious. Consciousness only requires that an entity can model itself as part of its … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, understanding
Tagged AI, consciousness, technology, understanding
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Foundations of Logic – Wrongness of consciousness?
[ 20/May/21 Walter Kant – Foundations of logic asked – “Is consciousness a major source and cause of human errors of thought, human misconceptions and misleading faiths? Yes or No. My contribution:Consciousness is created by the brain, so only a … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Science, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged consciousness, understanding
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Quora – What’s the relationship between common sense and philosophy?
Quora – What’s the relationship between common sense and philosophy? [ 24/2/20 ] How deeply are you prepared to look for an answer? How deeply are you prepared to examine common sense as an idea? How deeply are you prepared … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged common sense, complexity, consciousness, Evolution, freedom, Philosophy, understanding
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80000 Hours – David Chalmers – Hard problem of consciousness
80000 Hours – David Chalmers – Hard problem of consciousness [ 7/2/20 ] At about 1:27:00 David talks of the hard problem of consciousness, and declares that it cannot be solved. To me, it is hard, and it is solved, … Continue reading
Medium – Why the Problem of Consciousness Is so Hard
Medium – Why the Problem of Consciousness Is so Hard I find it hard to understand how people like yourself (obviously intelligent, obviously deeply engaged) can write what you did in medium, except as some sort of disinformation, or honey … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, consciousness, science, understanding
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