Brent: did I say . "I am *conscious of infinite complexity???" *If so, I used the word in a different meaning: like I know about. Or better: I think I know about. (Belief system). I explained several times that said infinite comp[lex system is beyond our knowability although we are part of it with a partial knowledge. I never promised symbols (or even a rose garden).
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:34 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/14/2012 1:58 PM, John Mikes wrote: > > Qualia aspect? > Please consider my 'rigid' agnostic stance with all those unknowable > aspects playing into - what you so succinctly call: 'qualia' - I struggled > for a long time to boil down my MOST GENERALIZED definition for something > that would cover what many of us (?) call consciousness. > I don't want to put a partial group of qualia on the banner. > Besides: I fell into my own concept of 'networks of Networks (Karl Jaspers > Forum TA62MIK) according to which there is no limitation how far > connections may go. > So whatever I would name 'qualia' is by Occam's razor. > Not as a term of the infinite complexity I have in mind. > JM > > > No offense intended, but I strongly doubt that you can be conscious of > infinite complexity. ISTM that what one is conscious of is almost > coextensive with what you can put into symbols: language, music, gestures, > pictures. Experiments with language and music suggest that you can only > process about 50bits/sec. > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
