PaddyC's Shortform
Nov 21, 20251
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The question this video raises for me is how do light waves and the different shapes and patterns they come in affect subjective perception ?
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaw6xdEP/
Just watched a podcast where the interviewee talked about Charles Bonnet syndrome which causes people with eyesight loss to hallucinate presumably because their brain generated perception fills in the gaps in their eyesight and if true (which I think it is) this proves qualia true !
If it’s the bitterness of coffee that gives you a jolt and causes you to be more alert then does this prove qualia false (although qualia can refer to the isness or quality of an experience which i think can be different to its stated isness or quality, although for something to taste not only reportedly bitter but also have stimulating effects you would think there would have to be a congruency between the two where the bitterness was causing the alertness by its very nature) as that bitterness would need to be common to all coffee drinkers to have that effect unless coffees bitterness and it stimulating effects are psychosomatic and... (read more)
I am wondering if perception is subjective does this make telepathy impossible as there would need to be a translation mechanism between sender of thought and receiver to translate the message into the receivers subjective perception based thought form which the sender probably couldn’t have the same subjective perception form of (I wonder what the odds are of this ?). With this in mind I wondered if all instances of telepathy are actually precognition possibly enabled by some quantum phenomenon?
Unless idealism is right and consciousness precedes matter with consciousness possibly acting as the ether and common awareness substance that allows for phenomena like telepathy and the shared perception of consciousness generated perception (qualia) ?
I have more rough takes that I posted under various topics that I will post soon.
Just watched a podcast where the interviewee talked about Charles Bonnet syndrome which causes people with eyesight loss to hallucinate presumably because their brain generated perception fills in the gaps in their eyesight and if true (which I think it is) this proves qualia true !
Thinking about qualia in examples where there are only two comparable options eg black and white , could the isness of the black and white be qualitative and how does qualia relate to objects in space ? Eg where black ends and white begins ? I think there was an article about this online.
Another example could be hot and cold. But does the danger to life in extreme examples of hot and cold suggest qualia is false or is there room for subjective perception within physical extremes ?n
Thinking about qualia in examples where there are only two comparable options eg black and white , could the isness of the black and white be qualitative and how does qualia relate to objects in space ? Eg where black ends and white begins ? I think there was an article about this online.
Another example could be hot and cold. But does the danger to life in extreme examples of hot and cold suggest qualia is false or is there room for subjective perception within physical extremes ?n
Think of qualia in terms of the position or orientation of objects in space eg in a black and white picture how does the division between the white and black segments relate to qualia in other words what are the limits to subjective perception ? In terms of brain chemistry this relates to neurotransmitters with the chemistry of subjective perception remaining elusive and unable to be quantified by methods such as blood tests. It is illogical to think all perception is subjective and also serving to hide our true nature because as sentient beings we manage to interact functionally and share space in the phenomenal universe.
Think of qualia in terms of the position or orientation of objects in space eg in a black and white picture how does the division between the white and black segments relate to qualia in other words what are the limits to subjective perception ? In terms of brain chemistry this relates to neurotransmitters with the chemistry of subjective perception remaining elusive and unable to be quantified by methods such as blood tests. It is illogical to think all perception is subjective and also serving to hide our true nature because as sentient beings we manage to interact functionally and share space in the phenomenal universe.
You could even relate this to quantum physics where the unmeasured waveform exists in a superposition of both waveform / particle at all points in space and time and interferes with itself even as a single particle which when fired through one slit actually travels through both slits simeltaneously , proving the superposition. Could this analogously mean we create our own perception ?
Which reminds me of this book :
https://amzn.asia/d/024IEAXK