Will science ever explain consciousness?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by makeshift, Apr 27, 2006.

  1. makeshift Registered Senior Member

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    Neurons and electrical impulses? I don't think so. I think consciousness exists at a higher level than neurons and electrical impulses. For an example, if the algorithms that our brains use to create thoughts could be simulated on a different substrate, it could be possible to create a consciousness through means different from neurons and electical impulses.

    Maybe doesn't even have to be electrical. If you could use light
    or photons for manipulating logic gates, that might be feasible too. The point: consciousness isn't the substrate; it's the PATTERN.
     
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  3. Diogenes' Dog Subvert the dominant cliche... Registered Senior Member

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    ...or the process?

    ...or something made accessible by the process?
     
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  5. fadingCaptain are you a robot? Valued Senior Member

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    how would the process be different than the pattern?
     
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  7. stanleyg Cranky old fool Registered Senior Member

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    To answer your question: The answer is yes! The explanation has already been discovered in cybernetics. The problem is that the discovery is being suppressed from public awareness. As a result, the human mind is a Pandora's Box. Consciousness remains a mystery to those, who haven't been informed.
     
  8. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    stanleyg:

    Did you know that Laurence Fishbourne was born and raised in my neighbourhood? I noticed that you used him as an avatar and thought I'd mention this.

    But what is this deal with the notion of cybernetics? Of what do you speak?
     
  9. kwhilborn Banned Banned

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    I BELIEVE that every atom is conscious.

    ENERGY = MATTER = CONSCIOUSNESS,

    but that's just another GOD THEORY. Although it makes as much sense (more) than any other GOD THEORY I have heard.
     
  10. nameless Registered Senior Member

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    Will Science ever explain Consciousness?

    No.
    Science is less than an insignificant 'subset' of ineffable 'Consciousness'..
     
  11. DwayneD.L.Rabon Registered Senior Member

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    I think conciouness is a active function of 1% of your brain

    DwayneD.L.Rabon
     

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