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A comment on Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute. Parent comment

Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by barrkel on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:41PM (#14268042)
What does self-awareness have to do with consciousness? Self-awareness can be tested for. Consciousness can't; for all I know, I'm the only conscious person in the universe. Some people are evidently self-aware by their actions. The two concepts are unrelated.
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Re:Roger Penrose on Why Consciousness Does Not Compute by goldenkey on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:46AM (#14271566)
I dont know why you are being downvoted. Solipsism is a real possibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

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