consciousness
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consciousness
The first citation given concerns the “uniqueness problem,” which emphasizes a result long known by those of us who worked on IIT: that in systems that have mathematically perfectly symmetric interactions (the specifics are complicated, but just imagine this like a geometric shape), IIT gives conflicting answers as to the boundaries of the consciou... See more
Erik Hoel • Ambitious theories of consciousness are not "scientific misinformation"
we now have growing reasons to suspect that agency is a genuine natural phenomenon. Biology could stop being so coy about it if only we had a proper theory of how it arises. Unfortunately, no such thing currently exists, but there’s increasing optimism that a theory of agency can be found – and, moreover, that it’s not necessarily unique to living ... See more
Philip Ball • The biological research putting purpose back into life | Aeon Essays
I believe our default state is at the top of this map.
When a child is born, they are pure presence. Unconditional love. Infinite possibility. Simply being. Expressions of God. This is our natural state.
But through societal programming, conditioning, and trauma, we fall from the higher states down into fear, guilt, grief, and shame.
These negat... See more
AI and consciousness
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
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