Comment by bufferoverflow
4 days ago
First define consciousness such that the definition differentiates you from a computer with a webcam.
4 days ago
First define consciousness such that the definition differentiates you from a computer with a webcam.
You cannot define consciousness. You can only experience it. In fact consciousness is the only thing you will ever experience.
Perhaps you should use 'sentience' or something more precise to mean 'qualia-experiencing'. The word 'consciousness' is quite overloaded and thus trips people up who haven't thought about this as extensively as you have. In particular many people take it to mean "self-awareness" (whether correctly or not), but it seems obvious to me that there are many sentient beings which lack self-awareness but still have an internal experience.
Yes. Self awareness is just another content inside consciousness.
You can measure various aspects of a computer. You can't measure consciousness.
That's not a definition. Depending on the definition, it may be possible to measure it.
You cannot measure consciousness. You are consciousness thinking of itself as the human. Measurement is an event appearing in consciousness done by humans.
It's like persons inside GTA talking about measuring the Samsung monitor. It makes no sense cause they can never see the monitor or locate it. They appear in the monitor.
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