Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness
by kolpa on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @06:41PM
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What is "you"? That's the question of consciousness. Sure, maybe you entire internal and sensory existence is a play that your mind is watching. It's well known that a robot can be built to measure your decisions before you are aware that you mean. That doesn't answer the core question: What is the "you" that is aware of (the rest of your brain's) decisions, that is observing your thought process?
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> What is "you"?
You is the thing (or, more accurately, the process) that is conducting this conversation.
> What is the "you" that is aware of (the rest of your brain's) decisions, that is observing your thought process?
But that is the whole point: you aren't actually aware of the rest of your brain's decisions. You think you are, but you're wrong. That is Dennett's thesis.