Consciousness (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, October 02, 2010, 22:17 (5165 days ago) @ David Turell

Are only the highest primates self-aware? Monkeys are borderline self-aware from the current research. How much consciouness do they have?
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> http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57730/
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> And I've had a further thought (dangerous) about artificial consciousness. As everyone knows I don't think a complete man-made brain will ever exist, equal to ours. And the thought: some people can be hypnotized and some of their 'free will' seems to be subverted. I know there are limits beyond which the hypnotized subject will not go. If we develop a computerized 'brain' can it be hypnotized, and if not, is that a proof that it is not really conscious? How does hypnotism fit into our discussion of what is consciousness?-You know, I really like that question. I fear answering it requires much deeper knowledge than what we have--we still haven't even solved consciousness let alone altered states of it. -But it does add a good prong that would probably get ignored.

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