On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Sean Lynch <seanl@literati.org> wrote:
... this conceptualization has the individual person modeled as an antenna, tuning into various structures based on what resonates, aligns correctly, what circuits or feedback loops or environments exist. versus machine of clockwork, rote memorization, and processor speed of read/write.
This is exactly the model of the mind that I believed in when I was in college. These days I believe that consciousness consists of information but that information, far from being static, is actually the connections among potential events. It's like a complex machine: pull lever A here and gear B over there moves. The complex set of (abstract, not concrete) connections that makes up the "model" of our reactions to various sets of stimuli *is* our consciousness, versus there being some component in there that produces the illusion of consciousness.
I'm sure that sounds sort of crazy;
actually, i have long held this view on an intuitive / elegance level of understanding. the continual expansion of our understanding of quantum phenomena has only reinforced and clarified this model of consciousness for me. rather than sounding crazy, i am pleasantly surprised that others grasp this concept of consciousness and are willing to embrace it! this would be a fun tangent to discourse about, however, i'll save the brain as quantum antenna linked to body via nerve cell transducers for another day... ;) best regards,