@sapinker great article but do you really think proving consciousness is a product of the brain will change the way people treat each other?
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@sapinker Fascinating article. Wondering: if morality is based on similarity of our neural equipment, where would that leave poor Data?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker have read widely -come (reluctantly)to conclusion that consciousness is, as Chalmers argues, a novel emergent, irreducible featureThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker You say "the brain rationalizes the outcome...and concocts the impression": if I'm not a free agent, at least my brain gets to be!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Wonderful article-perhaps the "hard problem" is hard because asking the question is a misuse of language? Zen approach. : )Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Could any of this research have any bearing on the mysteries of chimpanzee thought? Elephants? Killer whales?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker non reduccionist aproach necesaryThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker integrated info Koch Tononi don't go for situated consciusness. It is like a matrix emerging from neurons firing. No neuron correlThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker "the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact …" Isn't this what philosophers such as McGinn call the "homunculus fallacy"? -
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@Billinsiheung@sapinker McGinn in nyb: “it is factually false to describe groups of neurons as making decisions (the “homunculus fallacy”)”
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@sapinker Thomas Metzinger Ego Tunnel recomendable. Also Jame Jiles No Self to be Found. Nagarjuna's Anatman = no soul, relational viewThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker. What a wonderful article. A perfect early morning read.http://ti.me/W9TZ0VThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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