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

by romansh , Thursday, July 02, 2015, 01:04 (3432 days ago) @ dhw

Secondly, this post harks back to panpsychism, but I don't know of any panpsychists who would attribute the same degree of awareness to a rock as to humans, so I'm afraid I have no idea either what you mean by “everything has consciousness and nothing is conscious are two sides of the same coin”. Perhaps I can pin you down to more accessible terminology. Do you believe that you are aware of phenomena both outside and inside yourself? Do you believe that there may be different degrees of such awareness in other organisms?-I am not claiming everything has the same consciousness/awareness whatever. I presume mine is more textured and rich than that of a brick. But then a brick's experience can last centuries. I don't think my consciousness will.-Are my neurons anymore aware than say a fibre optical cable? Is a city of a million people anymore aware than I am? How can I measure a city's awareness? Is it richer than and more textured than mine. We presume our consciousness(es) are similar. -I am tempted by the idea that consciousness is an illusion ... a very real illusion.