Malcolm Lett

I considered doing that and then deleted it. I knew if I wrote a summary then people would read that and jump to conclusions without reading the whole...

My understanding of ? is that it means exactly you originally quoted it as: "there exists some ....". So a statement that ?m(m is a man and m is Greek...

Sadly @"Wayfarer" and @"JerseyFlight" have just epitomised a number of points that @"Ansiktsburk" was raising : discussions that go off topic and prod...

Wow. Nice summary. You have thoroughly convinced me of the need to learn more about triadicism.

Interesting. You don't think that term is suitable for generalising into the virtual? ie: simulated physicality?

Likewise. I'm equally annoyed by those who claim conscious experience isn't something of importance, just because they can't measure it or account for...

I'm simply referring to the fact that different systems/individuals can have differing degrees of understanding. eg: my calculator has zero of underst...

I'm not ignoring all the history of how humans came to be. I was focusing on a particular behaviour to highlight that we can introspect ourselves - ie...

@"apokrisis" do you know what term would apply semiotics to cognitive computation, irrespective of the physical substrate? I like the idea behind Patt...

There is indeed some difficulty associated with the subject trying to objectively analyse themselves, or a researcher attempting to analyse the subjec...

Precisely. If science was truly restricted to what we understand then we never would have got to where we are today. The reality is that people aren't...

Cheers. Appreciated.

I see only two rational possibilities: 1. everything is physical 2. everything is metaphysical Modern science takes #1 as assumed and tries to slowly ...

Yes. That looks promising. I think it offers some useful tools for "measuring" more of the explanatory gap. Biosemiotics basically says three things: ...

The problem is the assumption that 'understanding' is binary. A calculator understands maths in much the same way as the room in the Chinese Room anal...

This is pretty much my view too. Almost Dennet-like, I suppose. That in the long run we'll figure out the mechanisms and we'll see all of consciousnes...

Hmm, yes. I see I'm going to have a hard time picking the right words.

Its interesting that it still treats consciousness as a separate thing from those other qualities. My own opinion is that it will ultimately be proven...

Oh. I've got some reading to do. Thanks.

Greetings. I've been looking for a suitable forum to share some of my own ideas on consciousness. I've been thinking about it on and off since 2014 an...