2010-02-15, 09:45 PM
So I have a brain, this makes me conscious?
A brain is just a specific collection of chemicals.
Why isn't a table or a computer conscious?
Why don't each of our organs and limbs have their own thoughts and personality?
Gibberish aside.
Of course it's having a brain that allows us to be conscious, but the origin of the consciousness itself is not the lifeless atoms in your brain. I recall things such as Spin being cited as possible sources.
Consciousness exists in this world and so the ability for consciousness to exist must be an inherent characteristic of our universe.
A brain is just a specific collection of chemicals.
Why isn't a table or a computer conscious?
Why don't each of our organs and limbs have their own thoughts and personality?
Gibberish aside.
Of course it's having a brain that allows us to be conscious, but the origin of the consciousness itself is not the lifeless atoms in your brain. I recall things such as Spin being cited as possible sources.
Consciousness exists in this world and so the ability for consciousness to exist must be an inherent characteristic of our universe.