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Sensations are not just information. A number is information. There's something that it's like to experience a sensation. There's nothing that it's like to be a
by ZeroFries 3y ago
Sensations are not just information. A number is information. There's something that it's like to experience a sensation. There's nothing that it's like to be a number.
- mysecretaccount 3y agoSensation could come from computation. It also might not come from computation. We don't know.
- tbalsam 3y agoA number is a symbol, sensations are a continuous symbol....it technical is information.
- taneq 3y agoHow do you know? You aren’t a number. :P More seriously, I know how much philosophers love their “what is it like to be …” phrasing but there are a host of embedded assumptions which are seldom even acknowledged, let alone examined or defended.
- simonh 3y agoOf course, there’s nothing it’s like to be data. Un-recalled memories are data, they only become experiences again when we recall them into our active minds. I don’t think consciousness is data, I think it’s a highly sophisticated process on data. It’s an activity, it’s something we do. Anil Seth described this process very well in the interview. It’s the third and last quote from him in my top level comment. Also I described my full account of consciousness in a reply to tekni5.