Panpsychism (Evolution)

by David Turell , Saturday, December 22, 2012, 20:14 (4352 days ago) @ romansh

rom: I thought I answered clearly and succinctly that I was not convinced that I am conscious or at least I have severe doubts about what I experience as consciousness.-I still wonder what you think you are experiencing.
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> Now if you would not mind and answer my question, do you believe in an intrinsic self?-Absolutely. I am me, not someone else. Using a dictionary online:-1- a: the quality or state of being aware especially of something within oneself -b: the state or fact of being conscious of an external object, state, or fact -c: awareness; especially: concern for some social or political cause -2-: the state of being characterized by sensation, emotion, volition, and thought : mind -
3-: the totality of conscious states of an individual-I know I have individual thoughts, freedom of thought and I know my emotions. I assume you are a follower of Dennett. He makes presumptions about the source of consciousness that I don't presume to know if they are correct, since a vast majority of scientists have no idea what causes consciousness, except one needs an active brain to experience it. The only exception being the NDE folks and the books I've read on that subject haven't enlightened me. Everyone gets back to quantum mechanics.