Re:Toward a Mature Science of Consciousness
by lisper on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @09:12PM
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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.
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.