10 points.
Substrate dependence / independence is discussed in chapter 13. The short answer is no, I do not assume substrate dependence because substrate just doesn't need to be addressed given the premises. It becomes irrelevant…
Starting with consciousness as the fundamental is a cool idea, but others have done that in depth (e.g. IIT). My approach is to say "I don't know what is fundamental" and identify what must be fundamental to all…
I understand the skepticism. My humor is not for everyone and I have been rather self indulgent with the presentation of my work. However the research is genuine; the thesis is basically the aggregate of my previous…
We like to have fun here.
Fair points. However I don't put humans in a special category, so much as I say I know at least humans are this conscious. I then cite some research on Australian magpies which suggests they may be so conscious too. It…
I had the same question.
Lol, I have been accused of many things but a lack of novelty certainly hasn't been one of them.
I address the second in the final chapter. There are necessary preconditions for consciousness, but it is unclear whether they alone are sufficient (hence the uncertainty around what I dub the temporal gap - maybe…
10 points.
Substrate dependence / independence is discussed in chapter 13. The short answer is no, I do not assume substrate dependence because substrate just doesn't need to be addressed given the premises. It becomes irrelevant…
Starting with consciousness as the fundamental is a cool idea, but others have done that in depth (e.g. IIT). My approach is to say "I don't know what is fundamental" and identify what must be fundamental to all…
I understand the skepticism. My humor is not for everyone and I have been rather self indulgent with the presentation of my work. However the research is genuine; the thesis is basically the aggregate of my previous…
We like to have fun here.
Fair points. However I don't put humans in a special category, so much as I say I know at least humans are this conscious. I then cite some research on Australian magpies which suggests they may be so conscious too. It…
I had the same question.
Lol, I have been accused of many things but a lack of novelty certainly hasn't been one of them.
I address the second in the final chapter. There are necessary preconditions for consciousness, but it is unclear whether they alone are sufficient (hence the uncertainty around what I dub the temporal gap - maybe…