RE: Sam Harris On Defining Consciousness
August 24, 2015 at 5:09 pm
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2015 at 5:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:It is the thing itself that permits and guides discovery of the thing, so how can we know when it is that we've understood it as itself?No more (or less) a problem for consciousness than it is for gravity, or even the thoughts you just expressed.
The greeks saw little benefit in steam engines, they used them as toys Brewer. The chinese failed to recognize the full utility of gunpowder...use your imagination, what might you be able to do if you had a better understanding of consciousness? Perhaps you could manage the flow of traffic - prevent crime, hell, design a better mousetrap....?
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