RE: Good read on consciousness
January 9, 2021 at 6:48 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2021 at 6:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 9, 2021 at 2:33 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: Why is there a persistent sense of self if consciousness is just a process? Well, I believe our sense of self is both real and an illusion.
Could a persistent self exist purely because it has utility, regardless of whether it's reported contents are real or illusory?
Could an inaccurate report of an illusory consciousness possess more utility or selective advantage for a set of tasks x or environment y, than an accurate report of a real brains operation? Could this utility be in the form of an accurate record of the environments effect on an organism - rather than an accurate record of the second by second calculations or states of it's physical system?
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