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> I’m increasingly aware that it’s nothing magical It's completely magical to me that I'm now aware that you think you awareness is nothing magical > The mind
by user249 3y ago
> I’m increasingly aware that it’s nothing magical
It's completely magical to me that I'm now aware that you think you awareness is nothing magical
> The mind is like a calculating device
How does that explain your self-awareness?
- JKCalhoun 3y agoWhat's special about self-awareness? Could it be a trick of the brain? It's like the story of Jimi Hendrix dropping acid and playing amazingly well. Or, rather Jimi under the influence thought so — until he heard the recordings.
- user249 3y ago> Could it be a trick of the brain? A "magic" trick perhaps? One that can't be explained by anything we currently know about physics? The materialist point of view is becoming increasingly incoherent and I think that's what angers many of them.
- throw74775 3y agoIf it’s a trick of the brain, who is being tricked?
- melagonster 3y agomaybe our brains work like big matrix, but we do know yet. before someone resolving this problem, I hate people proclaim brain just another chatGPT.