Consciousness; a radically new theory. Romansh? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, July 01, 2015, 19:41 (3432 days ago) @ dhw

Romansh If we don't believe in a dualistic mind, then we have to accept that what we perceive as conscious is actually a historical account, whether the history be measured in seconds or picoseconds.[/i]
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> dhw: You will have to forgive my denseness, but I find all this confusing. Firstly, I don't know whether consciousness is independent of the body (dualism) or is engendered by the ”sloppy mass” (materialism), but whichever it may be, I don't understand what you mean by materialistic consciousness being a “historical account”.-He is referring to the brief time delays in brain responses, required by the fact that the neurons care not as quick as transistors and have take the time to make ions for electrical impulses to act.