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"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must pass over in silence" - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
Our subject is consciousness. I will hereby attempt to briefly introduce my thoughts and observations on the subject.
Modern western...
Started by Liberty Sea on
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6.4.1 Genius, how would your consciousness be?
Depends on what I would be conscious of.
Also, this caught my eye:
6.4 Genius is the cultivation of consciousness.
Are conscious of.
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Hi guys,
Just wanted to share something which has been puzzling me for a couple of days now. I'd like to hear your opinion on this "quantum consciousness" thing. It describes the concept of our consciousness supposedly being in constant interaction with...
Started by Centurijohn on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at graveyardofthegods):
Things actively pre-selecting....
From the Wikipedia article on Penrose that quantum consciousness theory is rather controversial among physicists phenomena influence our consciousness and the transmission of neural impulses in our brain...
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The conventional view of consciousness has not lent itself to coherent analysis. The unconventional view I have set forth below provides a forthright explanation. However, to grasp its significance, one must rid himself of useless baggage. What follows...
Started by Gestalt7Cl7 on
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There would be nothing to be conscious of, so you'd have to justify the assertion that consciousness consists solely in what we are conscious without any of the senses....
Without sensory data, there would be no consciousness.
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I don't know why, but recently I've been thinking a lot about what actually happens when you die. Really random, yes lol. But I was wondering what other people thought about it. Some of the theories are really fascinating.
I'm not really religious but...
Started by Piggus on
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Your consciousness could have simply carried over from one then until then....
In the quantum theory you may have in fact died .
You had a NEAR death experience but were brought back, so your consciousness was able.
That's the thing though..
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Up until a few days ago I would have said that it is inevitable that eventually we'll have an AI so powerful that it will be able to duplicate anything that it is to be human. It will have logic, show emotion, form bonds, and search for meaning in it'...
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The problem is that you start by thinking what humans experience as consciousness is qualitatively different from artificial constructs what humans experience as consciousness....
Can ultimately create a machine that can achieve consciousness.
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If consciousness was prior to universe?
There is the argument that consciousness cannot be fundamental to reality [or at least the universe/existence], because it doesn’t arise at least here until many billions of years after the universe ‘began’.
Thought...
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Consciousness is born in language,
I don’t believe it is, I am conscious of other things than languageWell I believe there was, It seems ridiculous too me for people to say consciousness can arise out of nothingness, i'd....
Of that.
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After thinking about this for a long time, the best way i can describe it so far is:
"Energy expirenceing itself"
or
"Energy, that is aware of itself"
but they really say the same thing, i think..
Seems to make the most sence to me, what do you guys make...
Started by Whut on
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That he was self-aware/conscious proves his existence.
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"The brain is the organ by which we think that we think." (Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce)
The mind vs. brain debate has been going on since before Aristotle. He and Plato argued that the soul housed intelligence or wisdom and that it could not be placed within...
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Mind consciousness always is, awareness....
Pure consciousness is infinite, unchanging and omnipresent.
Consciousness and mind are not the same.
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Searcher Post subject: Re: Consciousness & the Universe Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2011, 10:01 am Platinum Star Member
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Location: Orkney Islands. In a nutshell,I have read that subatomic particles behave differently...
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This would suggest in turn and upbringing has to be ruled out as a cause so... .
When The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: : suggests to me that there is a link between consciousness and matter.
The entanglement.
Consciousness, the scientists named it.
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Was thinking about conciousness and what it would take for someone to be self-aware. While pondering it, I had an epiphany.
Here are my three "Laws" on Self-awareness and Personal Identity.
Ryan Glynn's Laws on Personal Identity 1. Matter can be converted...
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They all presuppose consciousness to conscious people ....
Meaning, understanding...
Are humans a remarkable exception to the norm, or is consciousness only apply to conscious people anyway.
To be potentially conscious.
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