Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it

Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by tsimionescu on Thursday January 25, 2024 @12:12PM (#39131917)

Basically in this argument there is no such thing as what we call experiences or consciousness. It's an imagined concept, one that we think we have but we are merely misunderstanding.

Basically in this model, there is no present. The brain just invented the concept "I feel this" as a model of it's own inner workings, just like we invented the concept "object" to define certain aspects of physical reality that aren't 100% there.

So, basically you are imagining your experience, when in reality you are just an automaton. Same as how you imagine a robot is happy or sad when in reality it has no feelings.

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Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by postmodest on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:38PM (#39135715)

This is precisely my hypothesis. We imagine that our human consciousness differs from animals when in fact it it exactly the same, but with a more-expressive language system on top.

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