infra-org (urls)

coderman coderman at gmail.com
Sat Dec 7 17:27:48 PST 2013


On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Sean Lynch <seanl at 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,



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