Three questions I would like to find some answers for are: * What is known (to a high degree of certitude) about consciousness? * What experimental tests have been able to verify predictions made? * What predictions have been made that nobody has managed to test yet, but could, have...
Do you believe in consciousness? If you do what exactly would you define it as? and what evidence do you have for its existence?
Many rational people are atheists, one does not believe in God for the same reason one does not believe that there is an invisible dragon in my garage. Normally the definition of God would be so vaguely specified that each time you refute it, the bubble pops up elsewhere. Alternatively...
Three questions I would like to find some answers for are:
What is known (to a high degree of certitude) about consciousness?
What experimental tests have been able to verify predictions made?
What predictions have been made that nobody has managed to test yet, but could, have an experimental proof or disproof?
Does anyone know some good sources which do cover any of these? Also it would be great to hear less-wrongers own input to these questions!
What's the point of asking whether I believe in X if I'm allowed to come up with my own definition for X?
you use your own definition of consciousness, the one you used before reading this post.
not some bizarre definition invented just to exploit some technical hole in the question
Do you believe in consciousness?
If you do what exactly would you define it as?
and what evidence do you have for its existence?
Many rational people are atheists, one does not believe in God for the same reason one does not believe that there is an invisible dragon in my garage. Normally the definition of God would be so vaguely specified that each time you refute it, the bubble pops up elsewhere. Alternatively it may be a triviality, as the definition due to Spinoza.
In Buddhism and Erwin Schrodinger's essay "What is Life?" there is a notion of consciousness - roughly defined as an indivisible subjective experience - some philosophers have even put a currency on it: "qualia". Schrodinger argues that as a consequence of the statistico-determinstic nature of matter as well as the personal experience... (read 186 more words →)
Problem(?): I do not observe any effect different to just sitting still for a long period of time. Makes me think I am not doing it correctly.