Quantum Approaches to Consciousness (2015)

Re:Quantum Approaches to Consciousness (2015) by Fyorl on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:35AM (#14461156)

On the contrary, I find that seeing myself as only a chemical machine is a very freeing experience that leads to greater happiness and contentment.

I find it strange that you can talk about concepts of 'you' being 'factually' correct or incorrect when there are very few established facts about consciousness or self - it all seems like mostly open philosophical debate from what I've seen.

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Re:Quantum Approaches to Consciousness (2015) by WhitneyLand on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:05PM (#14461484)

I don't think you are necessarily in disagreement with him.

The fact we are machines doesn't mean the circuits to video game analogy is incorrect, in fact I think it's apt.

If physics is about understanding the fundamental nature of matter and energy then why do we study chemistry? Because they are different abstractions that yield different insights.

So the point is thinking about consciousness may be more useful that thinking about chemicals even if we understand some of the low level mechanics.

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Re:Quantum Approaches to Consciousness (2015) by Capt-RogerOver on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:04PM (#14462144)

Yes, "factual" was not the best word choice. "Factual" in that context was something like "having obvious empirical and experiential basis".

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