A Neuroscientist’s Theory of How Networks Become Conscious (2013)

Re:A Neuroscientist’s Theory of How Networks Become Consciou... by MarkPNeyer on Thursday October 30, 2014 @02:00AM (#8531616)

hofstadter has a pretty decent defintion worked out in 'godel, escher, bach" and "i am a strange loop":

consciousness arises when systems in the brain model the external world, and then begin modeling their modelling of the external world, and then begin modelling their modelling of their modelling...

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Re:A Neuroscientist’s Theory of How Networks Become Consciou... by randallsquared on Thursday October 30, 2014 @07:42AM (#8532337)

Perhaps Hofstadter has a definition of consciousness, but what you gave is a (right or wrong) description of how consciousness is implemented, which is not what most people would call a definition.

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Re:A Neuroscientist’s Theory of How Networks Become Consciou... by ajuc on Thursday October 30, 2014 @05:03AM (#8531973)

And can do this without crashing/hanging forever.

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