But claiming consciousness is an emergent property of matter has much deeper philosophical contradictions and problems. These problems are such that it becomes the simpler assumption to say that its simply another property of the universe, in the same way as gravity or mass. You might as well ask what makes gravity or mass - right now, we just know they exist, and we've measured their force-carriers (well, not gravity, but still). But at the bottom, they simply exist. And because consciousness does not appear to emerge from matter, then the best we can say about it is that it simply exists as well.
As I said before - I think emergence is bullshit because there's nothing about electromagnetic force, gravity, or the strong or weak force that implies the existence of consciousness, there's no logical way for consciousness to arise from these things, but it clearly exists nonetheless.
Dominic Walker
Entanglement is the process by which for this case I'm going to use atoms as an example
If one atom where to spin clockwise and it where to be entangled with another atom if you could reverse the spin on atom A: which was spinning clockwise Atom B: would spin in the opposite direction of its original spin which was counter clockwise and is now spinning clockwise
Nathan Gonzalez
But you can always imagine such a system only doing so on a functional level, or 'in the dark'. From physics alone as we understand it, there's no reason any of us should have inner lives or subjective experience. But we're clearly all not philosophical zombies.
John Sanders
As for what does this add to conscientiousness it adds the mechanisms for which random thoughts appear from nothing and reappear from nowhere forgive my explanation for being foggy it's been awhile since I've read about it It also adds how we are able to think much more dynamically than a traditional transistor based computer which would thousands of years to complete It's the basic case for personality where as no chemical or electrical explanation has given one as of yet It even goes as far the olfactory nerves where some molecules have an extremely similar shape almost identical infact but have two completely different smells the leading theory for the longest time has been weaponized autism just kidding.jpg has been the shape of the molecule makes it smell a certain way however this due to the afromentioned above cannot be true it's summized that the amount energy between molecules or how far apart atoms exist between bonds contribute to smell
Wyatt Bell
>Consciousness and electricity seem to be correlated >its long known the brain operates on 20watts What a great discovery you have there mate.
Thomas Johnson
What stops it emerging from matter? For me consciousness isnt a mystical force, its tangible. its in our brains
Joseph Adams
Difference between consciousness and gravity or mass is we can tangibly manipulate consciousness and its demonstrable how it is a physical manifestation.
Adam Gutierrez
As I said before - I think emergence is bullshit because
Yes emergence is complete bullshit even the universe itself didn't just emerge from nothing and it exist none the Less it came from a infinitely dense subatomic particle and when it lost its stability the big bang happened and so came about the universe we know today What I have put forth is theory that is highly logical in the case for conscientiousness and as some videos label it a soul even though I think that is a bit of stretch it's also said to explain out of body expierences due to being entangled with reality itself even though again I find this to be a stretch
Jason Cooper
Consciousness needs complexity.Regular matter is not complex enough.Thats why you dont find conscious rocks.
Nolan Lewis
It's definitely not 20watts your head would be on fire mate but yes it operates electrical signals but is not completely operationally dependent on them it 2/10's of second approximately to tell your fingers to do something but with a extremely minute signal bonus fact the body itself is considered a capacitor
