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Consciousness
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RE: Consciousness
(January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am)Youssef Wrote: It has been driving me crazy. Why am I not a gorilla in the amazon or an old lady's poodle?
The simple answer is because 'you' are not independent of your physiology. In fact, 'you' are the qualia of your physical existence. You feel like 'you' because you're busy being 'you'.

Sum ergo sum.
Sum ergo sum
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Consciousness - by Youssef - January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am
RE: Consciousness - by FallentoReason - January 11, 2013 at 3:07 am
RE: Consciousness - by Youssef - January 11, 2013 at 4:25 am
RE: Consciousness - by Darwinian - January 11, 2013 at 4:29 am
RE: Consciousness - by paulpablo - January 11, 2013 at 4:43 am
RE: Consciousness - by FallentoReason - January 11, 2013 at 5:10 am
RE: Consciousness - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 11, 2013 at 5:43 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 6:54 am
RE: Consciousness - by pocaracas - January 11, 2013 at 7:01 am
RE: Consciousness - by Kayenneh - January 11, 2013 at 7:46 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 7:48 am
RE: Consciousness - by Kayenneh - January 11, 2013 at 7:50 am
RE: Consciousness - by Ben Davis - January 11, 2013 at 7:52 am
RE: Consciousness - by genkaus - January 11, 2013 at 8:34 am
RE: Consciousness - by Psykhronic - January 11, 2013 at 10:22 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: Consciousness - by DeistPaladin - January 11, 2013 at 11:22 am
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 12:34 pm
RE: Consciousness - by genkaus - January 11, 2013 at 1:45 pm
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 1:51 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Annik - January 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Consciousness - by jonb - January 11, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: Consciousness - by The Grand Nudger - January 11, 2013 at 2:59 pm
RE: Consciousness - by HorribleOffensiveScouser91 - January 11, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Welsh cake - January 11, 2013 at 7:58 pm
RE: Consciousness - by Angrboda - January 11, 2013 at 9:47 pm
RE: Consciousness - by ManMachine - February 12, 2013 at 11:16 am
Consciousness - by JDFlood - February 11, 2013 at 2:06 pm
RE: Consciousness - by downbeatplumb - February 11, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Consciousness - by JDFlood - February 11, 2013 at 6:20 pm

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