On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 4:42:00 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > > I disagree, I think asking where my consciousness is located would be like > asking where the number 11 or the color yellow or "fast" is located. >
The problem is that the color yellow, as an abstract property, doesn't look yellow at all. It doesn't look like anything because it is not located in space, so you can't see it or visualize it. Similarly, consciousness as an abstract property may not be conscious much. > If my brain is in Paris and I'm looking at a TV football game from Detroit > and I'm listening to a friend in Australia on my telephone and I'm thinking > about The Great Wall of China would it make sense to say my consciousness > is really located inside a box made of bone mounted on my shoulders when I > have no conscious experience of being in a bone box on my shoulders? I > don't think so. > I actually do. You are still looking out of the eyes in your head, listening through the ears on your head and you can imagine various places while sitting in a sofa. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f7d2611e-2c8e-44fb-a183-7a94849e747en%40googlegroups.com.
