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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 1:05 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 1:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 12:22 pm)Ahriman Wrote: They already know how it works. Turns out, it's not really that complex.

Maybe yours isn't that complex, but the vast majority of humans have a brain so complex that understanding how it works to create consciousness has thus far eluded scientists.

Maybe?
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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 1:06 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 12:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 12:22 pm)Ahriman Wrote: They already know how it works. Turns out, it's not really that complex.

No they don’t and yes it is.

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 1:21 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 1:05 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 1:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Maybe yours isn't that complex, but the vast majority of humans have a brain so complex that understanding how it works to create consciousness has thus far eluded scientists.

Maybe?

I'm extending the benefit of the doubt.

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 1:31 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 1:21 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 1:05 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Maybe?

I'm extending the benefit of the doubt.

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 1:06 pm)Deesse23 Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 12:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No they don’t and yes it is.

Have you ever thought of contributing something - anything - of value to this forum?

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Touché. 😀

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 2:46 pm (This post was last modified: July 3, 2025 at 2:46 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 3, 2025 at 1:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 1:21 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm extending the benefit of the doubt.

You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.

I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard.

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 2:53 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 2:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 1:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.

I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard.

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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 3:24 pm
Most people's minds are so simplistic that it might as well be a monkey crashing cymbals in their head 24/7. Nothing complex about it.
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RE: Consciousness
July 3, 2025 at 11:00 pm
(July 3, 2025 at 3:24 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Most people's minds are so simplistic that it might as well be a monkey crashing cymbals in their head 24/7. Nothing complex about it.

Minds and brains aren't the same thing.

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RE: Consciousness
July 4, 2025 at 4:00 am
(July 3, 2025 at 12:31 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 3, 2025 at 12:22 pm)Ahriman Wrote: They already know how it works. Turns out, it's not really that complex.

No they don’t and yes it is.

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