RichardKennaway comments on Confused as to usefulness of 'consciousness' as a concept - LessWrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 17 July 2014 07:35:22PM 4 points [-]

Well of course it worries people!

It seems to only worry people when they notice unfamiliar (to them) aspects of the complexity of consciousness. Familiar changes in consciousness, such as sleep, dreams, alcohol, and moods, they never see a problem with.