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Message 31 of 150 (689817)
02-04-2013 10:32 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by Spiritual Anarchist
02-04-2013 7:13 PM


Re: The Hard Problem of Consciousness
"The existence of a "hard problem" is controversial and has been disputed by some philosophers.[4] Providing an answer to this question could lie in understanding the roles that physical processes play in creating consciousness and the extent to which these processes create our subjective qualities of experience.[5]
Prediction - the hard problem will never be solved. It might be jettisoned as a bogus problem, but it won't be solved.
These questions include, but are not limited to, whether being conscious could be wholly described in physical terms, such as the aggregation of neural processes in the brain.
Physics is wholly described in conscious terms (i.e. by conscious minds). If consciousness could be wholly described in physical terms, wouldn't you have a closed solipsistic loop? And maybe that would prove that we don't exist.
Using a general definition of Physics ... I do not know of anything not covered by "Physical"
Maybe mathematics?
So because I see QM is the direction to go in resolving the hard problem of consciousness ...
Unlikely. but you won't be the first to try this.

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