<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post6127667355008233637..comments</id><updated>2009-07-03T13:09:49.088-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Deric Bownds' MindBlog: Metzinger: The appearance of a world</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/feeds/6127667355008233637/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html'/><author><name>Deric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-817904375971468164</id><published>2009-07-03T13:09:49.088-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T13:09:49.088-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks.</title><content type='html'>Thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/817904375971468164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/817904375971468164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html?showComment=1246640989088#c817904375971468164' title=''/><author><name>Dr X</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-6127667355008233637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/6127667355008233637' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-649311525104850006</id><published>2009-07-01T21:47:01.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T21:47:01.007-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Much of the text is direct quote, plus a bit of su...</title><content type='html'>Much of the text is direct quote, plus a bit of summary and paraphrase.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/649311525104850006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/649311525104850006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html?showComment=1246499221007#c649311525104850006' title=''/><author><name>Deric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10634191414846537657'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-6127667355008233637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/6127667355008233637' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-8952355530064924045</id><published>2009-07-01T21:18:51.658-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T21:18:51.658-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is wonderful.  I wanted to quote from it and ...</title><content type='html'>This is wonderful.  I wanted to quote from it and link to it, but I&amp;#39;m not clear on whether this is your summary or you are quoting directly from Chapter 1.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/8952355530064924045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/8952355530064924045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html?showComment=1246497531658#c8952355530064924045' title=''/><author><name>Dr X</name><uri>http://drx.typepad.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-6127667355008233637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/6127667355008233637' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-3484465551052286739</id><published>2009-07-01T15:53:00.115-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T15:53:00.115-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your theory starts with the mental models our brai...</title><content type='html'>Your theory starts with the mental models our brain makes.&lt;br /&gt;you can read the following about that:http://singyourownlullaby.blogspot.com/2009/05/perception-memory-and-concience.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe we do not understand the process that starts the fire  produces the projection of flickering shadows of consciousness, that activates&lt;br /&gt;patterns in your neurons because, we are trying to understand this mechanism using a lower dimensionality than the real one, this reduction is probably&lt;br /&gt;failing, or maybe the behaviour is so complex that we need all the dimensions to understand the whole process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The content of consciousness information is based on the model in our minds that we use to represent reality. &lt;br /&gt;And you end up saying that our sense of self, is an internal affair produced by the consciousness content. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what will be interesting is to know how the consciousness with the information it has can produce such a powefull phenomenom (the sense of being oneself).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have any theory about that?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/3484465551052286739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/6127667355008233637/comments/default/3484465551052286739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html?showComment=1246477980115#c3484465551052286739' title=''/><author><name>Mariana Soffer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02184934912785065586'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/07/metzinger-appearance-of-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-6127667355008233637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22093933/posts/default/6127667355008233637' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>