Re:Consciousness is not computation
by ben_w on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:20AM
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> My personal experience is that consciousness, like free will, is a useful illusion.
Do you mean in the sense that we don't really have it, or in the sense of the word is devoid of meaning because we can't directly compare what's in our own heads to what's in the head of even another human?
I'm currently leaning towards the latter. Even if consciousness, whatever it is, is a lie or an act by one part of my brain to itself or to another part of my brain, it still is something.
On the other hand, the more I learn about other humans, the more varied I realise our inner worlds to be — aphantasia (and equivalents for other senses), religious experiences and their absence, having or not having purity as a moral foundation, the range of conditions in the DSM, and so on.
Do you mean in the sense that we don't really have it, or in the sense of the word is devoid of meaning because we can't directly compare what's in our own heads to what's in the head of even another human?
I'm currently leaning towards the latter. Even if consciousness, whatever it is, is a lie or an act by one part of my brain to itself or to another part of my brain, it still is something.
On the other hand, the more I learn about other humans, the more varied I realise our inner worlds to be — aphantasia (and equivalents for other senses), religious experiences and their absence, having or not having purity as a moral foundation, the range of conditions in the DSM, and so on.