On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 11:34:28 PM UTC+2 Brent wrote: > > I think this kind of talk puts far too much on consciousness. Conscious > thoughts seem to pop into my head with no antecedents, yet they relate to > past and distant things in my experience. The Poincare' effect shows that > even the most abstract thought is largely unconscious. >
What is Poincare effect? Consciousness seems to be the necessary basis of personal identity: "I am conscious therefore I am". Of course it depends on unconscious parts of the brain, the rest of the body and the environment; where to draw the boundary of personal identity is somewhat blurry. -- 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/99d9e41c-1c13-437b-bf56-94ec04c77d2bn%40googlegroups.com.
