= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
G0W51 comments on Does consciousness persist? - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (23)
Again, I can't really describe consciousness, so I'll give a example. Computers are aware of the user's keystrokes, as in there is some signal in the computer that is formed by keystrokes and processed accordingly, but the computer isn't necessarily conscious.
My body is always aware of it's heart beat the same way that a computer is always aware of the users keystrokes.
That's not the awareness I'm talking about. I'm talking about conscious awareness where it's possible to be aware of the heart beat and possible not to be.
Yes, I think I'm thinking about the same type of consciousness/awareness you are. Where were we going with this?
Then why are you speaking about the way a computer is aware about all keystrokes that the keyboard sends? That's not what I'm talking about.
The keystroke example was to demonstrate what I didn't mean when I said consciousness.
Okay, sorry on that part.