> We know when we're conscious and unconscious.
I claim that this is not true as stated. The main bulk of the habit-forming nearly everyone needs to do when learning to lucid dream is to recognise when you're dreaming, because almost nobody natively knows when they're dreaming. You have to learn to spot it by paying attention to the things which the dream machinery is very bad at (like text, clocks, and your own breathing).
Re:Complexity Explained
by JoeAltmaier on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:24AM
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Sorry, I meant 'we' as an observer. Should have said "its clear from observation " perhaps.
Anyway good point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Guide_for_the_Perplexed
I discovered this book in my early teens and it helped me in structuring my thinking about this sort of thing.
The other consciousness is self-awareness. Which is hard to detect from the outside. Some animals may have it. Do they understand when they look silly? Do they recognize themselves in a mirror? These may be diagnostic.
It's important to know which one is intended since they are so very different, at least in their distribution among living creatures.