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Old 05-27-2005, 04:24 AM
Bodhi Bodhi is offline
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Default Re: On consciousness

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All sensory input is ultimately reduced to the firing of neurons, right? It seems to me that this qualifies as data.

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[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] The firing of neurons counts as data if you're measuring it in a lab, otherwise I really don't understand what you mean.

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The second sense is trivial to this discussion, don't you think?

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No, because self-awareness is consciousness of oneself.
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