| Re: Is consciousness an illusion? -
05-01-2007, 03:46 PM
illusions?
not to me!
example one: brain just does not process signals from the eye senses accurate in time - we are perceiving the past at most (you may call that an illusion - but not really!) - if a blind spots exists is irrelevant as it is all done in the brain - sure you can try mindwise or otherwise to perceive downgraded=in detail but that requires alot of energy of your brain and training - or technology disturbing/supporting your brain.
example two: human brain would not lack power in general to process even 100/sec or more but that does not make sense to a human and what it has evolved into - to cope with such a task it would need training and probably looses speed in thinking and memory in relation , etz. - you probably can make a near-machine out of a human if working with flashing light in various ways - sure i guess you must start in the early age of an individual - did you ever watch a camera flash-light in the complete dark - it does not hurt but it really "burns" the picture available during the flash into your visual memory - cool - i found that out by myself when i was 8 or 9 years old.
exmaple three: everyone who knows that he/she is chatting to a chatbot probably keeps in mind more or less (depends on the individual probably) what he/she is doing
- a human can also imitate another human easily with a machine in between or even a chatbot can be imitated by a human - you lack reality in this medium i guess - if you put a machine in between - thats why computer games etz. are not that bad for many.
exmaple four: that man is classified sick to me - if i loose my legs tomorrow plus develop alzheimer and the days after i say: my legs were just an illusion - i have alzheimer - but i probably do not know - because my brain is sick. |