gwern comments on Blindsight and Consciousness - Less Wrong

14 Post author: atucker 22 September 2011 06:42PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (24)
Tags: metzinger consciousness blindsight

Comments (24)

You are viewing a single comment's thread.

Comment author: gwern 22 September 2011 10:03:20PM 6 points [-]

I once tried reading Being No One (after I saw the recommendation in Watts' Blindsight), but I couldn't get anywhere with it - it seemed way above my level. How are you copying with it?

Comment author: atucker 22 September 2011 11:03:14PM *  3 points [-]

His book The Ego Tunnel is waaaay better written/more accessible, and has helped a lot with going through Being No One.

I'm also reading the book in a weird order, (chapters 1, 4, 2, 3, 6, 7) and taking notes.

Comment author: jsalvatier 22 September 2011 11:41:39PM 1 point [-]

Way above your level in what sense?

Comment author: gwern 22 September 2011 11:52:16PM 4 points [-]

I felt I lacked the biology for it, and I wasn't sure I had the philosophy for it either. I simply couldn't follow even the overviews.

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit