How is consciousness generated by the brain? Interview at Science of Consciousness Conference 2018https://youtu.be/mkROH1QlDi0?t=13m33s …
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How do you know that you're not simply dreaming of the existence of other minds similar to yours? Does solipsism preclude the possibility of other dreaming minds? You can still be a solipsist even if you think there are other minds, because you are the one thinking it.
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The theory that there is a physical world with a ground truth, and that it contains brains that generate minds with dreams of a world similar to mine yields very good predictions.
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But we have mathematics in common. Simulated or dreamed maths is the same as the actual maths, unless one is deluded that 1+1=3.
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Yes, I think of mathematics as the set of all languages. Languages are defined by generative rules, and the dynamics of the language follow intrinsically from the rules, not from the rule manipulator. If you have a universal computer to execute the rules, you get the same math.
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I agree that we are, in a sense, dreaming the way we interpret the data and that is a story. But we aren't fabricating from scratch.
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We start out with some initial relevance dimensions that are primed by evolution. But the structures of meaning are entirely self-contained. The ideas you may have about other people and their beliefs are part of your individual dream, too.
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