Hard Problem of Consciousness

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Lived body- the body experienced from within

Living body- the body as experiened from without (though still not a mere material thing, but a source of intentional behavior)

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[delerium2k]

I believe the trend in experience which began with the emergence of life and samsaric experience itself is now culminating in experience experiencing itself - meta-awareness. I think that what's going on now (with humanity leading the way) is a transcendence of life's duality cycle. Perhaps we're on the cusp of the third major stage of cosmological evolution. From essence (physiosphere) to experience/time/space/life/dea­th/duality (biosphere) to something more... These are beautiful times.

[0ThouArtThat0]

interesting thoughts, delerium. We shall see!

[zencat01]

Consciousness arises through certain massively interactive, combinatorial, and dynamic structures in the brain. (It is a process, not a thing)

Have a bowl of red pills for breakfast.

[0ThouArtThat0]

I would say consciousness is something like that, but I think we also need to understand how the brain relates to the rest of the body, and how that body relates to other bodies and the world. These larger questions are necessarily also part of the consciousness question. I don't think an explanation for consciousness will be found that focuses merely on the brain and leaves these other elements out.

[ainodmelvado]

I wasn't going to watch this video b/c you looked rather young and thought it was going to be a rant from a young naive boy, but after listening to it, I must give you kudos. You are very articulate and my first thought was you must be Jewish b/c you sound so intelligent. With a last name of Segall, I'm probably right!

[cmpresents]

Even cells are conscious, not of themselves, but conscious nonetheless, consciousness is life itself. You need to have consciousness first, then intelligence, you can't have intelligence without conscious.

[Kostly]

The hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved by investigating the physical....at this point. The data is too vague regarding the bubbling up of images, from thoughts, from firing of neurons. Consciousness is beyond the scientific protocols. It can't be measured, and it can't be sensed. But, it can be experienced.

[cunnidvd]

she's a boob

[craigblack1234]

Matt is clearly a gifted philosophical genius with a deep understanding of philosophical topics. The haters here may make think themselves intelligent, but they lack the faculties to actually engage in a debate or dialectic with Matt. After he waxes deep and eloquent, they counter with vacuous stupidity. If you don't have anything intelligent to say in response, please do yourselves a favor and be quiet.

[kasaduhallo]

@zencat01 So present the evidence!Good luck!No amount of red or any other pills can help you.

[AnOrdinaryAmerican1]

We in the business call this "mindless chatter".  You do, however, get points for keeping a straight face.

[Cinerary]

So is this where the jobless philosophy majors pass the time betwixt collecting their welfare checks in the morning and eating their TV dinners alone in their 1 bedroom shitholes at night?

[fishybishbash]

@zencat01 "Consciousness arises through certain massively interactive, combinatorial, and dynamic structures in the brain." No. Consciousness is 'perceived' through those structures that you refer to. Consciousness is something we 'tune into'. thats what out brains are, tuners. Consciousness drags our physical being toward it like a magnet. The process is a result of consciousness, not vice versa. An understandable mistake you make, however.

[shilohwillcome]

@zencat01 That does not at all solve the hard problem of conciseness.