Ben Goertzel wrote: > ...my own belief that consciousness is the underlying > reality, and physical and computational systems merely *focus* this > consciousness in particular ways, is also not something that can be > proven empirically or logically...
For what it's worth, let me throw out a random thought I had some time ago regarding consciousness. It's half formed and barely alive, so be nice to it, but it resonates (for me at least) with what Ben has said: You can think of information as being orthogonal to matter. Matter is used to represent or embody information, but it is not information. A pile of rocks may represent some quantity -- say if you add one every time someone comes into the room -- or it may be just a random pile. In the same way, could consciousness be orthogonal to information? Without a lot more work, the idea seems just so much half-assed pseudo-science, and I haven't had time/energy to work it out further. But I thought people here might have ideas -- either to flesh it out or give a quick and merciful death. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
