[HN Gopher] The Worth of Wild Ideas
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       The Worth of Wild Ideas
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-09-29 12:59 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | djoldman wrote:
       | > the consciousness science community
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       | How do they define consciousness?
        
         | uoaei wrote:
         | "Phenomenological subjective experience"
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         | This doesn't include things like "awareness", "cognition",
         | "sentience", or anything else. It's simply "the experience of
         | yellow" as distinct from the physical reactions caused by
         | incident light of a particular wavelength.
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         | In Nagel's terms, "what is it like to be a bat?", not merely
         | perceptually but sensationally.
        
       | geocrasher wrote:
       | I love throwing out wild ideas, even ones I _know_ to be wrong,
       | because they may be the spark that ignites a thought in somebody
       | else, one that _isn 't_ wrong.
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       | That has served me well many times. It's not a panacea, but
       | rather it's just a form of brainstorming. And it's fun!
        
       | caprock wrote:
       | This is a pleasantly nuanced overview of recent debate/discussion
       | over Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and the philosophy of
       | science around consciousness.
       | 
       | It's great to see this from a leading voice in the area (Anil
       | Seth).
       | 
       | It's also nice to see a title that matches the content of the
       | article.
        
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