I think the authors are more interested in being provocative than in being clear. For
example:
/The interface theory entails that these first two steps were mere warm up. The next step
in the intellectual history of H. sapiens is a big one. We must recognize that all of our
perceptions of space, time and objects no more reflect reality than does our perception of
a flat earth. It's not just this or that aspect of our perceptions that must be corrected,
it is the entire framework of a space-time containing objects, the fundamental
organization of our perceptual systems, that must be recognized as a mere species-specific
mode of perception rather than an insight into objective reality./
/
//By this time it should be clear that, if the arguments given here are sound, then the
current Bayesian models of object perception need more than tinkering around the edges,
they need fundamental transformation. And this transformation will necessarily have
ramifications for scientific questions well-beyond the confines of computational models of
object perception./
There's no justification for the "mere". Our perception has gone well beyond what biology
provided. Nor is there any reason to suppose that the transformation they propose will be
THE OBJECTIVE TRUTH either.
/
//Similarly, most of my mental processes are not directly conscious to me, but that does
not entail that they are unconscious./
This just seems to make of muddle of what is meant by "conscious".
Anyway, I'll finish reading it. I think an explanation of consciousness based on
evolution is one useful approach.
Brent
On 4/26/2015 1:22 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote:
Enjoy. Evgenii
Donald David Hoffman, Chetan Prakash, Objects of consciousness, Frontiers in Psychology,
v. 5, N 00577, 2014.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00577/full
“We develop the dynamics of interacting conscious agents, and study how the perception
of objects and space-time can emerge from such dynamics. We show that one particular
object, the quantum free particle, has a wave function that is identical in form to the
harmonic functions that characterize the asymptotic dynamics of conscious agents;
particles are vibrations not of strings but of interacting conscious agents. This allows
us to reinterpret physical properties such as position, momentum, and energy as
properties of interacting conscious agents, rather than as preexisting physical truths.”
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