Slight digression, but a similar thought experiment. Suppose someone gave you a bunch of shit, then said you liked it so you owe them, then destroyed ...
But you could say that subjective color is an aspect of the mind, and all the colors grouped together but nonetheless separate constitute parts of the...
Maybe the mind is not obviously divisible, but it is clearly distinguished into parts, which makes it in a sense divided. Perhaps one day it might be ...
et al So basically, whether we define the mind as physical or nonphysical is arbitrary from a structural standpoint. Whatever the mind's substance is ...
Though it could be the case that brains are immersed in a field within which thoughts are transmitted beyond the skull, and maybe brains generate aspe...
The prevailing model is of course that thought is caused by brain tissue, and the natural conclusion is that these thoughts are within this tissue som...
I think the evidence justifies some level of rehabilitation and social reform in all but rare cases (of course there are thousands of rare cases). Mos...
From my reading, it seems that CEMI theory is supported by lots of evidence, and a model based on axon/dendrite connections alone is obviously incapab...
To clarify my point about free will, humans are not free in the sense of "I'm floating in a vacuum, liberated from all causation except my own!", but ...
1) The frequencies of electronic devices are too high to affect low frequency brain waves. Transcranial magnetic stimulation has been proven to alter ...
In case that wasn't entirely clear: a. the strong EM field of the brain is a global substrate largely responsible for integrating cognition b. biochem...
I think the mind/body problem as metaphysical consideration is soon going to be fully antiquated by quantum neuroscience. The essence of a percept sim...
I'm glad you inquired, difficult to go into much detail with this message board format, but give my blog post The Ethics of Progress at my website phi...
Posted an article I wrote about a kind of panprotopsychism based on quantum biology that is the OP of this thread: Matter and Qualitative Perception. ...
I meant the sun of course lol I could provide a link that proves the sun exists if you like! My idea is to install a bunch of solar panels everywhere ...
By "Medieval" dark age I mean the 10th century: academically but perhaps not that politically backward. The entire period after was characterized by a...
I think it will be possible to introduce features of organic subjectivity into electronic devices for instance. This is an application that proves the...
With modern brain scans researchers can read subject's mental states, determine what their memories and thought patterns are about in a respectably nu...
I can see how that is an apt observation. What I describe is a visualization of basic elements involved in what might be going on in the brain to prod...
You find the molecules, molecular complexes and biochemical pathways in the brain and body that are not correlated with but are various percepts. Thes...
Neuroscience will though if my hypotheses are accurate. However, these theoretical descriptions may remain in a different experiential context than im...
The explanation can fail to be identical with the observer and still be relatively exhaustive within its specified context. Neuroscience tells us a lo...
Then what do you think an observer is? Its got to be a substance, which makes it at least analogous to matter. It's not reductionism, it's the physica...
Quantum superpositions amongst entangled wavicles are fundamental, which give rise at a very basic level to percepts, which eventually reach enough em...
An aspect of science is formulating hypotheses, and this is a hypothesis. Its where science starts. I purposely made it as easy as possible to underst...
Doesn't belong on this forum? Have you seen the kind of posts that are made on a regular basis? Its not drivel, its well-thought out, and doesn't redu...
How do you define strong vs. weak? Any institution can be dismantled by an angry hoard at any time, so strength isn't wealth or any tangible quality. ...
No one's giving gold medals to anyone for not trying, but we all gotta be respected enough to live at the very least, even when expectations have to c...
Mental health issues can keep you awake for days, interfere with your thought patterns, disorient you, etc. Its brave just to live with the stress let...
It should be recognized that consciousness is not merely a product of complexity but also the kind of substance. A huge ball of yarn will never produc...
Since you deleted the posts, I won't comment much, but superposition amongst the phosphates of ATP is pretty cutting edge research, don't know a lot a...
I've been informed that the phosphates of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), a primary energy storage molecule in organisms, may be able to sustain superpo...
That's the complication: in order for it to become safe and effective, very influential interests have to get involved, and as soon as very influentia...
I think its a great idea, an effective way for those from all different kinds of background to acquaint with the origins of their opinions and beliefs...
My thoughts are probably influenced the most by Johnjoe McFadden's book Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology, plus a lot of addition...
The OP is a paragraph drawn from the end of an essay, not really designed to justify everything. Its a conversation starter that doesn't stand alone, ...
I come from the perspective that all definitions are going to be anthrocentric, so I accept a somewhat biased perspective as a valid starting point fo...
I'm not saying everything the brain does is consciously aware, and that's why my view is panprotopsychism. But I do regard consciousness as relatively...
Brain function isn't only neural memory, though representations etched in biochemical and physiological structure are of course important. That kind o...
Much more sensitive EEG devices capable of reading periodic oscillations or "waves" as you're so loathe to think of them from the brain's deep structu...
The reason I think a quantum theory of consciousness could be a leap beyond current neuroscience in solving the hard problem is because, if we conside...
Sure electric charge in the brain is relatively balanced on a global scale, but obviously ion flow induces charge fluctuations that pervasively disequ...
Not merely mechanical, but quantum mechanical, meaning that principles of tunneling, entanglement, superposition and nonlocality are at work. This mus...
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