If consciousness is an epiphenomenon then all the rest is an epi-epiphenomenon.
On Sunday, October 12, 2014, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > Are We Really Conscious? > By MICHAEL S. A. GRAZIANO > > OF the three most fundamental scientific questions about the human > condition, two have been answered. > > First, what is our relationship to the rest of the universe? Copernicus > answered that one. We’re not at the center. We’re a speck in a large place. > > Second, what is our relationship to the diversity of life? Darwin answered > that one. Biologically speaking, we’re not a special act of creation. We’re > a twig on the tree of evolution. > > ... > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/opinion/sunday/are-we-really-conscious.html?ref=opinion > " How does the brain go beyond processing information to become subjectively aware of information? The answer is: It doesn’t." As far as I understand this argument, it is that there is nothing to consciousness beyond the information processing. This can be described in various ways: that consciousness does not exist, that it is an illusion, that it is epiphenomenal. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
