RE: Consciousness
July 5, 2025 at 6:35 pm
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2025 at 6:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We use both the first person subjective and the equally subjective third person to great effect. In control theory, these can be described as attention and body models. Would you believe it, our body models are also not an entirely accurate summary of our bodies in reality. Body models do, though, help to navigate a body in reality. How often do you consciously consider whether or not you can fit through a door? Have you ever been wrong? Likewise, being able to ascertain colors and shapes..and lets add smells and tastes... provides us a wide range of function. Like telling the difference between snakes and knowing whether or not a thing is cake.
How we came to be this way (as opposed to other ways, and there are other ways) is an evolutionary question. Because it's advantageous and heritable. That and a little luck, I guess? Has it's drawbacks. We're spoofable.
How we came to be this way (as opposed to other ways, and there are other ways) is an evolutionary question. Because it's advantageous and heritable. That and a little luck, I guess? Has it's drawbacks. We're spoofable.
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