On 13 Oct 2014, at 02:13, meekerdb wrote:
On 10/12/2014 2:31 PM, LizR wrote:
On 12 October 2014 16:11, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
Just like I have a problem with Bruno's theory because it imputes
consciousness to information processing like DNA, the "nothing but
information processing" theory needs to explain what is different
about my conscious information processing and the great majority of
my information processing which is subconscious. Is there
"awareness" associated with that subconscious information
processing that is just not *my* awareness?
Exactly. I believe Mr Dennett has an explanation for this, along
the lines of awareness being "a user illusion, like a desktop".
That seems to assume user who is having the illusion. And that may
just be a view we're "tricked" into taking by our language, but it
still leaves the question of exactly what kind of information
processing produces a "user illusion"? I think Bruno's idea is too
expansive. I've offered my own idea: that it's producing an
internal narrative journal for purposes of learning and future
reference.
But that is equal to mine, just less precise. A universal machine is a
machine with some tape, and internal narrative (like the "[] defined
in RA).
But from this you get the truncation, and the FPI problem, etc.It is
not an answer, but a question.
Oops I have to go. Bye.
Bruno
Brent
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