Oscar_Cunningham comments on Minimum computation and data requirements for consciousness. - Less Wrong

-13 Post author: daedalus2u 23 August 2010 11:53PM

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 24 August 2010 09:20:10AM 5 points [-]

Better approximation: Don't write posts about consciousness, unless you have read about mysterious answers to mysterious questions, and you've had an insight that make consciousness seem less mysterious than before.

Comment author: daedalus2u 24 August 2010 01:22:48PM 1 point [-]

I had read mysterious answers to mysterious questions. I think I do have an explanation that makes consciousness seem less mysterious and which does not introduce any additional mysteries. Unfortunately I seem to be the only one who appreciates that.

Maybe if I had started out to discuss the computational requirements of the perception of consciousness there would have been less objection. But I don't see any way to differentiate between perception of consciousness and consciousness. I don't think you can have one without the other.