tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post8396752769596614772..comments2009-11-13T14:18:00.116-05:00Comments on Deric Bownds' MindBlog: Metzinger: A tour of the ego tunnelDerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-82330334173530427752009-11-13T14:18:00.116-05:002009-11-13T14:18:00.116-05:00"but isn't more realistic tos "how conscious" rath..."but isn't more realistic tos "how conscious" rather than "is it conscous?" Be careful of falling into the judgement trap of more or less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-44004404971254038012009-07-02T20:36:19.573-04:002009-07-02T20:36:19.573-04:00All well and good, and fascinating stuff, but I th...All well and good, and fascinating stuff, but I think the notion that there is an actual boundary that is crossed--thus delegating something as concsious--is wrong. There is always a meta-process. So the human brain has more.<br /><br />I know we humans like to label everything as "self vs other", or in this case "conscious vs. not", as a matter of utility (and survival), but isn't it more realistic to ask "how conscious" rather than "is it conscious"? What is "simulation" other than feed-forward process control at a higher level of abstraction?Ergo Ratiohttp://generalnotions.talkislam.infonoreply@blogger.com