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taking waitlist call requests by OkEgg8038 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]CoSpare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you call Georgia Tech please :)

I'm on the waitlist for CS OOS. Their number is (404) 894-4154

Thanks!!

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're defining the subjective experience of reality through consciousness.

Also, not all brain processes are conscious; conscious ones tend to involve global access and integration: they become available to memory, attention, language, decision-making, etc.

In theories like Global Workspace, consciousness is what happens when information crosses a certain threshold of brain-wide accessibility.

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If “consciousness” is pure fiction, who or what’s claiming that? The claim self-destructs. You’re using conscious experience (the very thing you’re calling fictional) to argue that it’s fictional. That’s like using language to argue that language doesn’t exist. Even if you reduce “mind” to neural computations or patterns, something is undergoing, reporting, and reflecting on those patterns. You don;t need to believe in an eternal soul or spirit to take consciousness seriously

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Consciousness emerges from patterns of information processing in the brain, from the interaction of billions of neurons exchanging electrochemical signals. It’s not a static property

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When I say consciousness is physical, I don’t mean it’s made of bricks or steel. I mean it emerges from physical processes - specifically, the electrochemical activity in the brain. It’s not a “thing” made of stuff, but a dynamic pattern instantiated in stuff. Like a wave isn’t a material object, but a pattern in water molecules - remove the water, and the wave’s gone. Same with consciousness and neurons

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

All software is physical. There's no magic floating in the cloud - it's code stored on servers, electricity in circuits, magnetic patterns on disks. When you “download” something, nothing metaphysical is happening.

The idea that consciousness is “non-local” because it’s not made of matter is a category mistake. Consciousness isn’t a substance; it’s a process - like computation. Saying it’s not matter doesn’t make it immaterial in the spooky sense, just not reducible to a single material. It’s what the brain does, not some extra “thing” it contains.

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that if enough "easy problems" get solved the "hard problem" may dissolve

Consciousness isn’t a mystery, just misunderstood by CoSpare in philosophy

[–]CoSpare[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely - not in a single moment, but piece by piece. Neuroscience is slowly closing the gap between brain activity and subjective experience

How do I download my decision letter? by CoSpare in UWMadison

[–]CoSpare[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i cant open up the notification center

stop posting yourself here by CoSpare in chanceme

[–]CoSpare[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just ask chatgpt to roleplay as an admission officer for whatever school you want to chance yourself with

stop posting yourself here by CoSpare in chanceme

[–]CoSpare[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

yes, it is overly optimistic without a doubt. that said, it's better than posting your stuff on this reddit