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    1. Jason Snyder‏ @cognazor 5 Feb 2019
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      It's a thought experiment by @nathan_k in order to make the argument that consciousness is a byproduct of evolution, but not strictly necessary in a behavioral sense (e.g., the organism feels heat and via chemical reaction moves hand away, but qualia isn't necessary)

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    2. ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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      Okay then, @nathan_k, what do you mean by "consciousness"? My impression is that consciousness is what the biochemical processes feel like as they operate. We are the algorithm. Reducing consciousness -> stopping the algorithm, or moving to a different one.

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    3. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      I'm using "consciousness" the way Thomas Nagel uses it. He would say, "it is like something to be me". Whatever you would lose if you traded places with a rock (presumably, lol)

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    4. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      I'm saying an algorithm doesn't need to feel like anything. If you step through your program with a debugger, you do so because you want to observe the inner workings of its behaviour. But you're not forced to step through a debugger.

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    5. ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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      The program has to go step-by-step, though. And we're the program in this hypothetical.

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    6. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      Nathan⒦ Retweeted ian hines

      Threading this back in. Yes, behaviour would be lost trading with a rock, but so would your arms and legs and your groovy beard, and those aren't consciousness. I probably should have said, "as a matter of experience" https://mobile.twitter.com/imhinesmi/status/1092874985725665280 … 1/2

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      You'd lose all your behaviors if you switched with a rock! Let me try to dig deeper here. How does consciousness relate to other parts of the mind, such as: -Memory? -Emotions? -Planning/Logic? -Models of reality?
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    7. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      Consciousness is where those things - memory, emotions, planning, prediction, are surfaced to be observed. I don't think we have free will, and perhaps that's the premise of this entire question.

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    8. ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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      So consciousness is just a passive observer? It has nothing to do with internal monologues, which help guide our speech? What do you mean by "free will"? Do you think we lack it because of physics?

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    9. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      It has just as much to do with internal monologues - which are just thoughts, as it does with the other objects of consciousness we mentioned. What I mean by free will: thoughts/intentions/sensations just arrive and change. Maybe we can flip this.. 1/2

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    10. Nathan⒦‏ @nathan_k 5 Feb 2019
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      Is it your sense that awareness is more than just a middleware for thoughts/sensations/intentions etc? What is awareness responsible for? Observation happens, and then whatever happens next is proprietary.

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      ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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      So you're taking a more Buddhist approach here, the consciousness is the observer, thoughts aren't the observer? But it seems to me that for most, the observer isn't disconnected from everything else. It takes a lot of practice to disconnect them. 1/3

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        2. ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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          When I have a thought, it feels like the thought is me. Whatever the consciousness is, that thought is part of it. My sense of awareness is tied into my perception. When I become aware of something, it feels just like seeing something. 2/3

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        3. ian hines‏ @imhinesmi 5 Feb 2019
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          Consciousness seems to me to be a bridge between sensing something and acting on it. A tie between the different parts of the brain, which decides what parts are needed when. 3/3

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