When we close our eyes, we still see visual noise, even in total darkness. If qualia were based on computation, we should expect that no sensory input should equate to total blackness, since there is no information to report. Since we can dream or imagine total darkness without this kind of noise, that would indicate that what we are seeing in this visual noise is related to the neurology of the optic nerve and retina rather than Top-down pattern generation. This is consistent with the multisense realism approach, that we see our own experience without noise, but when we focus our attention to the external facing senses, we see through the experiences of the living tissues of the brain and sense organs, not just 'our own'.
With a representational qualia model, we should expect our visual system to behave like a window on a computer screen. We should not be able to see 'static' from the program's logic. Static would come from the unintended consequence of analog hardware, it has no reasonable place in a purely computational world, especially since we can easily conceive of a noiseless visual field. Why the difference between the total darkness we can see in our experience, memory, and imagination, and the darkness we can see when we focus on literally looking at darkness through our eyes? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
