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Re:How working memory could give rise to consciousness by SubiculumCode on Saturday July 04, 2026 @11:18AM (#48786019)
Yeah, binning conscious and unconscious as two categorical classes is probably wrong. There are likely gradations, especially in the context of working memory over time.
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Re:How working memory could give rise to consciousness by hoppp on Saturday July 04, 2026 @09:31PM (#48790551)
The subconscious and unconscious are different, and the subconscious has it's own working memory that the conscious can't access.

An interesting read is Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow that explains cognitive systems, 1 is subconscious and fast and the other is conscious and slow

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Re:How working memory could give rise to consciousness by d00d0ff000 on Sunday July 05, 2026 @07:38PM (#48799075)
All of this indicates the flaw in the account of “consciousness”. Consciousness is elemental and “conscious”’or “unconscious” are “state forms” both of consciousness.

Consciousness is the envelope. Conscious is a category of awareness.

My brutally downvoted comment implied this, with more conjecture of the envelope. Enable “show dead” if you didn’t catch it!

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