RE: Panpsychism is not as crazy as it sounds.
May 13, 2014 at 6:28 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2014 at 6:39 pm by Mr Greene.)
Personally i'd say that 'consciousness' is effectively analogous to awareness.
As such we don't even need to invoke unconsciousness, merely point out that whilst we may be conscious of light in the visible wavelengths, exactly how conscious are we of infrared, radio, ultraviolet and gamma radiation?
We have evolved specific sensory receptors that enable us to detect specific stimuli and via the neural network respond to them.
Thus I conclude that the table is unaware and unconscious of any stimuli I might present.
Of course I can make this interesting;
In front of each us is a keyboard, under each key is a pressure sensor which when stimulated sends an electrical signal to a mass of chips and wiring resulting in a response to the stimuli of a letter appearing on the screen which is also in front of us.
Is the computer conscious? and if so to what extent?
As such we don't even need to invoke unconsciousness, merely point out that whilst we may be conscious of light in the visible wavelengths, exactly how conscious are we of infrared, radio, ultraviolet and gamma radiation?
We have evolved specific sensory receptors that enable us to detect specific stimuli and via the neural network respond to them.
Thus I conclude that the table is unaware and unconscious of any stimuli I might present.
Of course I can make this interesting;
In front of each us is a keyboard, under each key is a pressure sensor which when stimulated sends an electrical signal to a mass of chips and wiring resulting in a response to the stimuli of a letter appearing on the screen which is also in front of us.
Is the computer conscious? and if so to what extent?
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?-Esquilax
Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
