tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post7525341190969039943..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Philosophical Puzzle SolvedEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-60965280246498758602008-07-13T15:31:00.000-05:002008-07-13T15:31:00.000-05:00What a bunch of fuss over nothing! It's a puzzle t...What a bunch of fuss over nothing! It's a puzzle that was created by and for PhDs. Anyone with some common sense can introspectively observe their own consciousness, and see every possible sign suggesting that virtually all other people are conscious in a similar way. <BR/><BR/>This is not instinct. It's knowledge, gained much the same way that many other pieces of knowledge about people are acquired.AHWesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829802681623277432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-39068717804493912282008-07-12T18:25:00.000-05:002008-07-12T18:25:00.000-05:00That's an interesting thought, that not being able...That's an interesting thought, that not being able to empathize with others implies we can't be SAS (self-aware subsystems). But I'm thinking most intelligence in the universe is no self-aware, but rather emergent.Eric Falkensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-58557477164745758742008-07-12T17:53:00.000-05:002008-07-12T17:53:00.000-05:00Eric,Maybe I've been thinking about the mirror neu...Eric,<BR/><BR/>Maybe I've been thinking about the mirror neurons too much, but isn't it possible also that there is no "I" in consciousness then -- perhaps only "We" are conscious. Consciousness may be an entirely emergent phenomenon, which depends on being able to mirror other behaviors.<BR/><BR/>But maybe that's going to far. Autistic and (at the other end of the spectrum of mirroring) Psychopathic pathology seem to suggest that there is also some balance between mirroring and deviating from mirroring that permits for the emergence of "self" consciousness. First we are aware of others, then we are aware of ourselves.<BR/><BR/>If we are never aware of others than we never become self-aware?<BR/><BR/>The mirror neuron research is very, very interesting. And also potentially useful to investors!Michael F. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279501532684851571noreply@blogger.com