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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by lisper on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @12:17PM (#17401837)
Like I said, trying to condense it down to an HN comment imposes some very severe restrictions. The word "illusion" is not really quite right. A better description might be (and these are my words, not Dennett's) that consciousness is in its own ontological category [1].

[1] http://blog.rongarret.info/2015/02/31-flavors-of-ontology.ht...

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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by AstralStorm on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @02:21PM (#17402883)
Ugh. Does discussing ontological repercussions of anything ever brought a practical result?

Especially with such lack of logical rigor as shown when even otherwise decent scientists are talking about consciousness...

Mathematics has much more consistent definitions of categories and similar concepts with real measurable results and applications.

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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by lisper on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @03:01PM (#17403190)
You didn't actually read the linked essay, did you? Because that's pretty much what it says.
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Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness by AstralStorm on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:31PM (#17409508)
Yes, albeit it indulges ontology with a few pages of text. Meandering until it gets to some of its points.
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