kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 days agoConsciousness [SMBC]www.smbc-comics.comimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoYou have literally not even touched on the hard problem of consciousness, damn. The question wasn’t “why can I speak?”
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·17 hours agoConsciousness is the agent who receives the judgement of the brain parliament, is what the comic is saying, the speaking part (or even subvocalisation) is optional. This is well studied with split brain experiments in humans.
minus-squareTheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 hours agoSure, that could be a totally autonomous process though, that doesn’t explain why I feel like I’m experiencing things
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoIt doesn’t explain it, it just is so. https://youtu.be/_TYuTid9a6k Tldr, split brains continue working normally, but you only consciously experiencing the things that reach the left hemisphere.
minus-squarepotoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoThoughts big, words small, I am sad. :(
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You have literally not even touched on the hard problem of consciousness, damn. The question wasn’t “why can I speak?”
Consciousness is the agent who receives the judgement of the brain parliament, is what the comic is saying, the speaking part (or even subvocalisation) is optional.
This is well studied with split brain experiments in humans.
Sure, that could be a totally autonomous process though, that doesn’t explain why I feel like I’m experiencing things
It doesn’t explain it, it just is so. https://youtu.be/_TYuTid9a6k
Tldr, split brains continue working normally, but you only consciously experiencing the things that reach the left hemisphere.
Thoughts big, words small, I am sad. :(