Perhaps as you suggest it is no more than a by product of evolving bigger brains.
On 3 Oct, 13:14, 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
