RE: If free will was not real
July 28, 2016 at 10:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2016 at 10:11 am by Excited Penguin.)
(July 28, 2016 at 6:20 am)bennyboy Wrote:(July 27, 2016 at 11:07 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: I think consciousness isn't a mystery at all and is already explained, at some level, by what we already know about the brain. It's simply a set of functions of the brain, I believe, something evolution built into us to be better able to survive. That we make much ado about nothing, is simply a side-effect.
That depends what you mean by consciousness. If you mean the ability to process and interact with the environment, yes. If you mean being aware of what things are like (i.e. qualitative experience), then no. There is currently not even a decent theory of consciousness, though Rhythm and a couple others do have theories that they like.
Being aware of what things are like is exactly what processing information and interacting with the environment is, is what I'm saying. No additional mystery.
