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Re:A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explan... by mensetmanusman on Friday July 05, 2024 @01:43PM (#40884608)
Entropy gradients are non explanations.

Pointing to statistical mechanics and saying the derivative of an exponent is an exponent is an odd way to explain qualia.

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Re:A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explan... by pixl97 on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:55PM (#40885109)
They are not an explanation, they are a requirement. You don't have consciousness in a rock because nothing is happening in a rock.
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Re:A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explan... by mensetmanusman on Friday July 05, 2024 @07:35PM (#40887021)
Tell that to the quintillions of electrons hopping between orbitals taking tens of attoseconds to complete :)
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Re:A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explan... by pixl97 on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:10PM (#40887189)
I mean eletrons switch orbitals when photons are absorbed or released by said atom. The particular problem we have here is where is the memory at this subatomic level. Memory appears to be an emergent behavior at higher levels.
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