What you're failing to realize is that you can actually be "shown" consciousness, Rik. It is possible through machines to observe the electrical signals firing. It's possible to cut open a brain, observe the structures, and put the nerves under a microscope. It is possible to open up a human brain and show you "where," for instance, your memories are, or "where" in your brain the laws of logic are stored and used (or not).
In much the same way, it would be theoretically possible to open up a computer and show you the circuitry where your game of Tetris is "happening" while you play it. Consciousness is not abstract in the same way computer data is not abstract. It is a physical phenomenon, stored and used by physical things.
In much the same way, it would be theoretically possible to open up a computer and show you the circuitry where your game of Tetris is "happening" while you play it. Consciousness is not abstract in the same way computer data is not abstract. It is a physical phenomenon, stored and used by physical things.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
