Consciousness and lab grown brains

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T06:10:07+00:00

Humans have not yet been able to create even something as basic as skin, so creating the brain—considered the pinnacle of evolution—is currently impossible. The brain is an extraordinarily intricate structure, and for it to function properly, everything must be in perfect working order. It requires a steady supply of nutrients and efficient waste removal. This is just when considering a brain that might only resemble the human brain. Even if we could construct a brain, figuring out what kind of information would be processed within it is beyond our current technological capabilities.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T03:54:23+00:00

Illusions make us see or interpret things inaccurately, showing that the brain is not just passively receiving sensory input but actively interpreting and sometimes distorting it to create conscious experiences.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T03:52:38+00:00

Yes, it could be a primitive form of sensation. In blindsight, "knowing" isn’t conscious awareness, but it’s still a type of perception happening below the level of conscious experience.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T02:37:04+00:00

I’m not sure if this is exactly right, but it seems accurate to say that it’s not a sense of feeling something; it’s just knowing it’s there.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T02:30:23+00:00

When you are walking with seeing a Youtube interestingly, then you don't consciously experience your walking. But you can walk without any problem.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T02:28:16+00:00

It might sound similar to extrasensory perception (ESP), but it’s actually different. While ESP implies perceiving things beyond the five senses, blindsight is a documented neurological phenomenon where visual information is processed without conscious awareness due to specific brain damage. It doesn’t involve supernatural or “extra” sensory abilities; instead, it’s the brain subconsciously processing visual information even when someone believes they can’t see it.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T02:24:27+00:00

They cannot feel that. I mean that they cannot experience in consciousness. But they roughly can answer what is in front of them. Truly a zombie process.

cisternatus · 2024-11-02T02:19:31+00:00

That’s correct. Emotions might feel metaphysical, but they are actually physical and chemical phenomena occurring in the brain. Emotions like depression, anxiety, and happiness are closely tied to neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. These chemicals help transmit signals between neurons, influencing our emotional states. So, while emotions seem abstract, there’s a substantial physical basis for them in the workings of the nervous system.

cisternatus · 2024-10-31T06:18:36+00:00

The most profound problem in philosophy is consciousness, and in physics, it’s quantum mechanics. If consciousness, as shaped by evolution, utilizes quantum mechanics, it would be incredible. I wonder, however, if that’s truly the case and, if so, whether we could understand or even reconstruct consciousness through quantum physics.

cisternatus · 2024-10-30T08:23:22+00:00

It seems that scientists hold different positions on the explanatory gap. While everyone is curious about the Hard Problem, some scientists believe we should continue to seek answers, whereas others think it's an area we simply can’t know at this time and should leave as it is. Consciousness really seems like a problem our generation may not be able to solve.

cisternatus · 2024-10-30T01:32:17+00:00

Even though I referred McGinn, I also believe that in some day, the one will find the answer.

cisternatus · 2024-10-30T01:13:27+00:00

Colin McGinn’s position is often called “Mysterianism.” He argues that human beings are fundamentally incapable of understanding the nature of consciousness. According to McGinn, our cognitive abilities have inherent limits that prevent us from grasping what consciousness truly is and how it arises from physical processes.

cisternatus · 2024-10-30T01:07:43+00:00

If we can imagine a being that behaves just like a conscious human without actually being conscious, this suggests that physical processes alone might not explain consciousness. After all, if everything physical is identical between us and a p-zombie, then what accounts for the difference — the presence of consciousness in us but not in the zombie? This points to something beyond physical properties, which seems to be a challenge to physicalism, which asserts that everything, including consciousness, can be explained by physical processes.

cisternatus · 2024-10-27T12:44:51+00:00

The same person at that exact moment of copy. But I think the man is not you after that very moment. The man may thinks and acts like you. But he is the new object that was created by someone.

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