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

by romansh , Saturday, July 04, 2015, 00:07 (3430 days ago) @ dhw

I still don't see the point. How does the fact that consciousness takes time to operate affect its reality or our control over its activities? -The point for me is the ephemeral entity of consciousness is not responsible for the choices we make. The electrobiochemistry has done that for us. Now if you are suggesting that the ephemeral entity is possibly somehow manipulating the biochemistry then I would like some evidence. Otherwise this is an unnecessary hypothesis.-> At least now I know you believe you are conscious (thank you), though I still don't understand what you mean by “everything has consciousness and nothing is conscious are two sides of the same coin.” -
> I share your presumption about having a richer consciousness than a brick (I myself don't think a brick has any consciousness at all). My interest in degrees of consciousness lies mainly in my attempt to find a reasonable alternative to the hypotheses of a single eternal mind or chance as the creators of the universe and life. Certain versions of panpsychism seem to offer an avenue worth exploring.
 
Not quite sure how I can explain this further. If a panpsychist sees a brick as conscious ... then I could just as easily argue I am not conscious. Just because a video recorder can playback old sights and sounds does not make it conscious.
 
> I am tempted by the idea that life itself is an illusion...a very real illusion. The present is real, and the reality of the past has helped to shape the present, but it increasingly takes on the quality of a dream. -I would not argue too much about life being an illusion. For me, it is more of an interesting semantic definition game.-And as for the present, by the time we think we have experienced it ... it has gone. We can only experience the past ... I would argue. I recall reading recently in the New Scientist (I think) the present for us is pretty much an aggregate of the last two or three seconds. Though when catching a ball etc our fidelity improves to a few tens of milliseconds.