As far as the brain goes, does the engine of the car drive the car, or do you? I suppose we all have our auto pilot, that allows us to move through our experience with minimal consciousness to it. But our experience is grounded in the body, and the brain seems to be central to that, although I suspect the body in total is more accurate. Individual consciousness contains our total potentiality and awareness, that includes the body and more. Why? Another question would be, did we choose life, or did life choose us? Our desire to continue in live seems to be directly related to our vitality.
On Oct 3, 8:14 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > It's always possible we live in 'Delusionville' rather than as > conscious, sentient beings. This would explain a lot of problematic > nastiness like Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and the underperformance > of Warrington Rugby League Football Club. However, as Roger Penrose > points out, there seems no Earthly reason why evolution should have > developed consciousness (assuming it has, as there is a potential > chicken and egg here) as much complex happens other than in what we > have named consciousness as an emergent property of human brains. > Neural density is higher in parts of the brain we don't associate with > consciousness as such an emergent property. After all, evolution > tends to proceed by killing species off, job presumably done. > > So 'why' consciousness? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
