Consciousness Explained

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aware |əˈwe(ə)r|
adjective [ predic. ]
having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact : most people are aware of the dangers of sunbathing | I am well aware of the problem | [with clause ] he was aware that a problem existed | as far as I'm aware, no one has complained.
• [with adverbial ] concerned and well-informed about a particular situation or development : unless everyone becomes more environmentally aware, catastrophe is inevitable | a politically aware electorate.
DERIVATIVES
awareness noun
ORIGIN Old English gewær; related to German gewahr, also to ware 2 .

aware
adjective
1 she is aware of the dangers: conscious of, mindful of, informed about, acquainted with, familiar with, alive to, alert to; informal clued in to, wise to, in the know about, hip to; formal cognizant of; archaic ware of. ANTONYMS ignorant, oblivious.
2 we need to be more environmentally aware: knowledgeable, enlightened, well-informed, au fait; informal clued in, tuned in, plugged in. ANTONYMS ignorant.


What is meant by 'aware'? Is that the right word, Poppa?

A snail, for all its complexity, may be only aware of light and dark, warm or cold. Higher animals have more. It seems that awareness of inner and outer surroundings increases with complexity and that it requires underpinnings.

[PoPpAScience]

aware |əˈwe(ə)r|
adjective [ predic. ]
having knowledge or perception of a situation or fact : most people are aware of the dangers of sunbathing | I am well aware of the problem | [with clause ] he was aware that a problem existed | as far as I'm aware, no one has complained.
• [with adverbial ] concerned and well-informed about a particular situation or development : unless everyone becomes more environmentally aware, catastrophe is inevitable | a politically aware electorate.
DERIVATIVES
awareness noun
ORIGIN Old English gewær; related to German gewahr, also to ware 2 .

aware
adjective
1 she is aware of the dangers: conscious of, mindful of, informed about, acquainted with, familiar with, alive to, alert to; informal clued in to, wise to, in the know about, hip to; formal cognizant of; archaic ware of. ANTONYMS ignorant, oblivious.
2 we need to be more environmentally aware: knowledgeable, enlightened, well-informed, au fait; informal clued in, tuned in, plugged in. ANTONYMS ignorant.

This is the biggest problem I have using "Aware". It is used as an adjective, and I think of it as a noun. I guess someday I can turn it into a Noun. This is the best word I can think of, to express my meaning, just as I use Infinity for Thing and Eternity for Continuum.
If I could turn it into a noun, it would read roughly:

Aware
Noun
What Motion is. The essence of Motion. The perception of Motion. That what popped forth from "Infinity for Eternity", know as Motion. The Child(Directional Thing) of, "Infinity(Thing) for Eternity(Directional)".

This was just of the top of my head. But the adjective meaning is what I see it as; 'An outward perception'. Not thought, just perception.

What is meant by 'aware'? Is that the right word, Poppa?

A snail, for all its complexity, may be only aware of light and dark, warm or cold. Higher animals have more. It seems that awareness of inner and outer surroundings increases with complexity and that it requires underpinnings.

This is the biggest area I'm contemplating on right now. The greater the complexity of Motion a form holds the more complex would be it's 'awareness'

I'll be posting a thread about new Idea's I have on this subject hopefully to day.

[thinking]

the interesting thing is could not moths be consciousnessly be aware , odd I know

but moths in the UK adapted to pollution

when there was alot of soot in the air and clung to the trees and so as not to stand out they became darker

but now that the pollution has become less , moths have again become lighter

all this change is to avoid predation

could surival alone produce a certain awarness in the moth ?

[melanie]

the interesting thing is could not moths be consciousnessly be aware , odd I know

but moths in the UK adapted to pollution

when there was alot of soot in the air and clung to the trees and so as not to stand out they became darker

but now that the pollution has become less , moths have again become lighter

all this change is to avoid predation

could surival alone produce a certain awarness in the moth ?

The surround - scene -THE SEEN - IS Consciousness...ALLONE ---ONE WITHOUT A SECOND
Physical 'things' only exist 'apparently' as dream substance in consciousness.
No'thing' is conscious, consciousness is every 'thing'


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More about your moth post.

Variation is not necessarily evolution!

Natural selection and adaptation does in fact occur when the environment changes in a way that favors specific characteristics.

The real question, however, is whether these characteristics represent new information or whether they were already programmed into the DNA of various organisms
so the species can adapt to changing environments.

A classic example of selection said to explain adaptation and evolution is the peppered moth in England.
Back in 1850, the trees where the peppered moths lived were mostly white because of the white lichen that grew on them.

The birds found the black peppered moths on the white trees to be easy prey and ate them,
so 98% of the peppered moths in the area were white.
Later industrialization and pollution killed the lichen,
revealing the trees' black bark.
The birds now found the white peppered moths easy prey and ate them instead,
so 98% of the peppered moths were black by 1950.

The trouble is that this demonstrates selection but certainly not evolution,
as both light and dark moths existed before and after industrialization and no new information was created in the DNA.

Evolution, as an explanation for new species or life itself,
must mean that new and unique information is added to the DNA to create new features and functions:
eyes for sight, thumbs for grasp, wings for flight.

Have you ever observed a hint of even the simplest of new features to come about by natural processes?