On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Sean Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... >> this conceptualization has the individual person modeled as an antenna, >> tuning into various structures based on what resonates, aligns correctly, >> what circuits or feedback loops or environments exist. versus machine >> of clockwork, rote memorization, and processor speed of read/write. > > This is exactly the model of the mind that I believed in when I was in > college. These days I believe that consciousness consists of information > but that information, far from being static, is actually the connections > among potential events. It's like a complex machine: pull lever A here > and gear B over there moves. The complex set of (abstract, not concrete) > connections that makes up the "model" of our reactions to various sets > of stimuli *is* our consciousness, versus there being some component in > there that produces the illusion of consciousness. > > I'm sure that sounds sort of crazy;
actually, i have long held this view on an intuitive / elegance level of understanding. the continual expansion of our understanding of quantum phenomena has only reinforced and clarified this model of consciousness for me. rather than sounding crazy, i am pleasantly surprised that others grasp this concept of consciousness and are willing to embrace it! this would be a fun tangent to discourse about, however, i'll save the brain as quantum antenna linked to body via nerve cell transducers for another day... ;) best regards,
