RE: evolution
March 15, 2022 at 1:18 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2022 at 1:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'm not using it as a plausible but unproven explanation for consciousness. That's an evolutionary hypothesis.
I'm pointing out that we use it that way, that it has been shown to be advantageous, and that experiments have been constructed to quantify the advantages of so much as a minimal self awareness with an ability A. That it's useful is beyond credible debate. Whether that accounts for it's existence is not. I'm absolutely certain that neither minimal self awareness -nor- human consciousness in full are required for survival.
But it does seem like the ability to direct my attention to my hand as I hold a knife..or as I throw a projectile (a human specialty, btw) is useful to my survival.
I'm pointing out that we use it that way, that it has been shown to be advantageous, and that experiments have been constructed to quantify the advantages of so much as a minimal self awareness with an ability A. That it's useful is beyond credible debate. Whether that accounts for it's existence is not. I'm absolutely certain that neither minimal self awareness -nor- human consciousness in full are required for survival.
But it does seem like the ability to direct my attention to my hand as I hold a knife..or as I throw a projectile (a human specialty, btw) is useful to my survival.
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