Your brain is not a computer. It contains no data, it performs no calculations. That's simply not how brains work.
It is human nature to compare the working of the brain to the most advanced technology of the time. Back in the Bronze Age, that was weaving, ceramics, and distillation. Thus, humans were made from clay and animated by the spirit/breath of God. The fact that the visible vapors coming off of distilled spirits are flammable is where the imagery of the soul as an eternal flame comes from. Think Pe
Actually, at least living human brains with help from an attached consciousness can usually store data and can perform computations. They are not very good at it, admittedly, and it is clear a lot of translation to other mechanisms is needed to do it at all. And absolutely nobody knows how that "consciousness" thing works, what it is or how it interfaces with a human brain. All we know is that it is essential and that a human brain without it can only do very basic house-keeping stuff.
Define consciousness. The entire concept of consciousness is a philosophical leftover from Christian dualism. It is a replacement for the concept of a soul to distinguish humans from animals. Which is nonsense from an objective perspective.
Define consciousness. The entire concept of consciousness is a philosophical leftover from Christian dualism. It is a replacement for the concept of a soul to distinguish humans from animals. Which is nonsense from an objective perspective.
You have it ass-backwards. We find consciousness to exist. Hence we cannot define it. We can only define the word for it and for that I direct you at many nice definitions you can find online. Incidentally, you are wrong. The recognition of consciousness is far older than the Christian religion and far more universal than their limited ideas.
The idea of consciousness predates Christianity. Your conceptualization of consciousness is directly derived from Christian thought. "Cognito ergo sum" is a statement from a faithful, fervent Christian who was an affirmed dualist. It is a sentiment you literally just paraphrased. All scientific investigation has found that the perception of consciousness to be an illusion. One that is quite likely culturally determined.
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Your brain is not a computer. It contains no data, it performs no calculations. That's simply not how brains work.
It is human nature to compare the working of the brain to the most advanced technology of the time. Back in the Bronze Age, that was weaving, ceramics, and distillation. Thus, humans were made from clay and animated by the spirit/breath of God. The fact that the visible vapors coming off of distilled spirits are flammable is where the imagery of the soul as an eternal flame comes from. Think Pe
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Actually, at least living human brains with help from an attached consciousness can usually store data and can perform computations. They are not very good at it, admittedly, and it is clear a lot of translation to other mechanisms is needed to do it at all. And absolutely nobody knows how that "consciousness" thing works, what it is or how it interfaces with a human brain. All we know is that it is essential and that a human brain without it can only do very basic house-keeping stuff.
Physicalists: Stay out
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Define consciousness. The entire concept of consciousness is a philosophical leftover from Christian dualism. It is a replacement for the concept of a soul to distinguish humans from animals. Which is nonsense from an objective perspective.
You have it ass-backwards. We find consciousness to exist. Hence we cannot define it. We can only define the word for it and for that I direct you at many nice definitions you can find online. Incidentally, you are wrong. The recognition of consciousness is far older than the Christian religion and far more universal than their limited ideas.
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