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

by romansh , Sunday, July 12, 2015, 20:05 (3421 days ago) @ David Turell

I would like you to explain that 'not seamless' comment. I meant it is the context that my consciousness is always present while I am awake and I don't notice any disconnect as if it turns on an off and surprises me. I view sleep as a reduced awareness, not that my consciousness has turned itself off.
Well if that you don't notice the disconnect ... is that a the receiver's problem or is it a problem for consciousness. -For example for approximately two hours our waking day we are effectively blind. our brains cobble together a "seamless" visual reality. I am not referring to us blinking.-> > 
> > Romansh: David no doubt would then argue it is our material brain chemistry that is not seamless. Thus reducing David's position to an unfalsifiable speculation. Ultimately to try find evidence for David's position we would have to show that our brains don't comport with the first law of thermodynamics.
> The First Law states that energy cannot be destroyed. It just changes form. You are implying that consciousness contains energy, I think, and that is exactly the mystery presented by consciousness.-Whether it contains energy or not is an interesting question. But if we could put ourselves in a appropriate calorimeter then when consciousness exerts its stuff on the material world, then there should be a change in energy in the material world. Unless we put a condition on the change in behaviour as a net sum zero. In that case it is step towards unfalsifiability. -Essentially I am arguing we if the universal consciousness is actually doing anything we should be able in principle to measure it.