| ▲ | prmph a day ago | |
> It's quite uncontroversial I think that consciousness has no special impact in physics, there's no physical experiment that is affected by a consciousness being present or not. Electrons don't behave differently if a human is looking at them versus a machine, as far as any current physical experiment has ever found. Way to totally miss the point. We can't detect or measure consciousness, so therefore there is nothing to explain. /s Like an LLM that deletes or emasculates tests it is unable to make pass. I know I am conscious, I also know that the stone in my hand is not. I want to understand why. It is probably the most unexplainable thing. It does not mean we ignore it. If you want to dispute that my consciousness has no physical import nor consequence, well, then we will have to agree to disagree. | ||
| ▲ | tsimionescu a day ago | parent [-] | |
My point is this: find a physical experiment that can't be entirely explained by the physical signs of consciousness (e.g. electrochemical signals in the brain). As long as none can be found, there is no reason to believe that new physics is required to explain consciousness - my own or yours. | ||