Consciousness does not exist in relation to neurons or other physical entities. It is experienced by selfs, which happen to be fictional representations generated by brains. Consciousness is a self-experience of fictional characters.
1. If you depersonalize you tend to have difficulty to take care of yourself. 2. The reasons are not external, but depend on the model that person has. Most psychological issues are modeling defects.
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1) But isnt self-preservation the primary characteristics of life as of we know? So isnt some form of "caring" already there in life itself? 2) What I intended to mean was why would brain allow to develop such a fragile model which ends life itself on some trivial issues.+
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Life is just cells. And self preservation is not the highest goal if evolution optimizes for survival. Cells that don’t function well in their organism self destruct, so the fitness of the organism is increased. Individuals that don’t function well in their groups do the same.
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