You have summarised the situation accurately. I am happy with saying 'little or nothing', because that is all I know. But it does explain what I experience to my complete satisfaction. James
> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Standish [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 4:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Everything is Just a Memory > > No I have not defined consciousness. I have merely postulated that > both Time and Projection are necessary to any such definition of > consciousness. As with any such postulates, they are neither correct nor > incorrect. They may be reasonable, or they may be unduly restrictive. Time > will tell. I will believe the latter only when some reasonably > convincing counter examples are provided. My personal consciousness > has both Time and Projection. Lets hear from any conscious beings out > there that have a different experience! > > In you story of the World, you are not describing consciousness at > all. You are describing an isolated observer-moment, and saying little > or nothing about it, other than it exists, because all such things exist. > > Cheers > > > > > Russell, you say: "come up with a convincing counterexample of how > > consciousness could work in another way". > > > > Firstly, you have not defined consciousness. Secondly, you have not > defined > > how it works your way (and nether have such dignitaries as Dennett). > > Thirdly, I offer you a perfectly logical explanation for 'consciousness' > > (the existence of this thought, which is all we need to explain) - that > this > > observer-moment exists. You refute this answer for no reason other than > you > > _need_ more than that. Occam would be disgusted. > > > > Chin chin > > James > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Dr. Russell Standish Director > High Performance Computing Support Unit, > University of NSW Phone 9385 6967 > Sydney 2052 Fax 9385 6965 > Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Room 2075, Red Centre http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --
