Daemon

Oh, that's a shame, I thought you might be interesting.

I don't see that in the paper you refer to AP. They aren't talking about art or music appreciation, they are talking about "wakefulness" and the like,...

I believe the statistics show a general downward trend in violence, and a general improvement in the human condition over recent history brought about...

I'm not sure that's fair. I see neuroscience as attempting to describe the biological mechanisms that produce and govern aspects of consciousness. I t...

I do agree with your point that brains don't operate in isolation, but the brain is particularly significant where consciousness is concerned. Do you ...

The brain doesn't work through "information" — Daemon This assertion is going to need some support. — Garrett Travers I've already provided that suppo...

I think some in the neuroscience field use terms like data and computation because they mistakenly believe that's how the brain works. It's the same c...

According to certain scientists working in certain fields, perhaps. Others would regard experience as the starting point of consciousness. Feeling som...

Something is only money, or a marriage, because we say so. Therefore there was no money or marriage before humans arrived on the scene. Money and marr...

I'm afraid I don't understand what you are saying or why.

Other animals, such as chimpanzees, were conscious before there was anybody around capable of saying anything at all. I've already provided that suppo...

What do you want evidence for, from me?

I don't see how that can be. For the same reason the brain doesn't work through "information", it doesn't work through "computation" either. And neith...

Do you think that the leading theories can't be false?

Which field? And what does "accepted as a genuine theory" amount to? Is it still a "genuine theory" if it's demonstrably false? That's one of the reas...

I read Christof Koch's book about IIT, and in my judgement it is a complete non-starter! Brains don't work by processing information, they work by ion...

Ah ok. I broadly agree with that.

I wouldn't say the brain alone generates consciousness, your whole body is involved, in particular your sense organs. And you need supplies like oxyge...

I'd be interested to know what you mean. I would take "brain function" to include for example patterns of neurons firing, and "mental function" to inc...

This is an extract from the introduction to Searle's "Mind, A Brief Introduction": "There is an overriding reason for my wanting to write a general in...

I've written to the lead author of the paper asking if he can provide a simplified explanation of the role of the neurons in the set-up. Watch this sp...

In that case the set-up has absolutely no connection with consciousness. Logic gates can be represented by a diverse range of items, for example some ...

I'm afraid that doesn't explain the process.

I've found this description: The mass, which the researchers call a cyborg, was created by placing human stem cells on top of a micro-electric array, ...

If you know already what Dishbrain actually does @"RogueAI" could you explain it like I'm five? Otherwise, we are going to have to read the paper I li...

I don't think this is what we are asking about when we ask whether Dishbrain is conscious. I think we are asking if Dishbrain can feel anything. Wheth...

Lots more detail here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.02.471005v2.full

You have what is called "ostensive definition", definition by pointing. You might point at a patch of green and say "that is green". You can define co...

I do see where you're going, I don't see any reason it necessarily has to be that way. We've already understood a great deal about how the brain works...

Those are interesting ideas. We are finding out empirical stuff about the mind at an accelerating rate. One example I like is our ability to plant fal...

This isn't terribly clear. Can you explain?

Laozi said that, so I guess he doesn't know?

The brain doesn't work by processing information. It works through specific biological mechanisms including neurons. We don't yet know the critical me...

I read some of this interview with him, and I conclude that he is absolutely clueless! https://behavioralscientist.org/rethinking-consciousness-a-qa-w...

I decide to imagine a blue elephant. As I do so my brain goes through a series of states dictated by my decision and its content. It's not so much tha...

Where's the tautology?

That wasn't a great response to javra's reasonable question.

So is this right: If a mental event M is dependent upon on a physical event P, and P causes a further physical event P* on which a further mental even...

I'm glad you said this. I've always found "supervene" confusing.

I'm a bit thrown by the way you're using the term "intentionality". It's usually glossed as "aboutness". Our thoughts are about something, they have i...

Are you agreeing or disagreeing with them?

Why do you think someone else can then?

Can you perceive visually through your entire body?

I'm a bit puzzled how intentionality fits in here, how it could be an illusion. Can you give a practical example?

That’s disappointing. Why are you here then?

Say something more about what 1 and 2 are.

The brain doesn't work by processing information. It works through electro-chemical processes. When you've described those processes, you've said it a...

We don't know exactly how consciousness arises. There's no point in making stuff up.

Sorry, I think it's a lot of scientific-sounding words stuck together without any rationale or practical basis.

But the observer dependency applies at all levels of computation. You have the physical machine, the steel, copper, silicon, the electric currents, al...