Portalrules123 t1_iufq88b wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:48 PM

Reply to comment by DennisJM in Conscious Reality Is Only a Memory of Unconscious Actions, Scientists Propose In Radical New Theory by mossadnik

But can you really be sure of this? How can you be sure your mind didn't unconsciously decide to eat that Pizza for you and then imprinted a false memory to rationalize it being "your choice" afterwards?

irish37 t1_iufw9zf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Your mind IS subconsciously deciding, that's the point, the brain runs in automatic, we have feelings then to give feedback to the organism to update automatic responses for the next situation

DennisJM t1_iufrtpr wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM

You can't be sure of anything when it comes to consciousness. People have been trying to define it since the ancient Greeks.
Theories tend to fall into two camps: the mechanistic--which this is--and the philosophic--which tends to imply a higher order consciousness, a spirituality, if you will, that is rejected by most scientists as being too spooky and untestable.

Check out A.O. Wilson's theories. But keep in mind he studied ants. They may be total automatons but we aren't. And I just read about bees that like to play with balls. Why?

Portalrules123 t1_iuftta7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:16 AM

Very interesting!

To be honest considering where we are currently taking the planet I wouldn't even be shocked if it turned out we were automatons the whole time, sadly and honestly......