Love how you intertwine philosophy and computing, I'm looking forward to the rest of this series! In agreement re: feelings as a vital part of consciousness, and valuing reality in the sense of digging my fingers into dirt and accepting the slowness of biology.
Right. "Consciousness" could be defined as all the various inputs INCLUDING intelligence / rational thinking into our perception of both self and world, or we could ignore all the inputs coming from anything other than the frontal lobe of the brain and decide that's the only thing worth defining 'human' by. Everyone's rushing in to the second option without enough, well, self-reflection.
Love how you intertwine philosophy and computing, I'm looking forward to the rest of this series! In agreement re: feelings as a vital part of consciousness, and valuing reality in the sense of digging my fingers into dirt and accepting the slowness of biology.
Right. "Consciousness" could be defined as all the various inputs INCLUDING intelligence / rational thinking into our perception of both self and world, or we could ignore all the inputs coming from anything other than the frontal lobe of the brain and decide that's the only thing worth defining 'human' by. Everyone's rushing in to the second option without enough, well, self-reflection.