Stuff to Blow Your Mind – HowStuffWorks
So what is consciousness anyway? Is it a simple matter of being conscious or not? As we explore further into these and other questions, some potential tests come up. Learn more in this video from Stuff to Blow Your Mind.
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Th plural of octopus is octopuses (or, if you prefer, octopodes), not octopi. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/octopus
Consciousness is a very mysterious thing. Our outward behavior, our expressions of emotion, communication, responses to our environment, are all things that can be measured, tested and explained. But it's like the forth wall of our mind has a crack in it, and the slightest hint of something pokes through. The only "trick" that this enigmatic something is able to perform, that we know for sure, is to impose itself on our brains. It makes itself known, and that's it. It's simple, but at the same time it is one of the greatest mysteries of existence.
It is that part that we can feel and than judge that feeling with emotional senses.
thinking about thinking of yourself from someone elses point of view or someone elses point of view in general is trippy, like do we all see the same or do we see the same because we are taught to see the same? ex, everyone knows to say which color is red because from a young age we were all taught what red was.
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Yes please.
The Turing Test…
Another question to ponder is: Does consciousness come from the brain, or does the brain come from consciousness? I'm thinking the latter. 😉
I've just about come to the conclusion that most, if not all of the major problems of the world are due to left-over animal drives like territorial behaviors, and natural suspicion of other people and members of "tribes" outside of our own, etc. I also feel that hoarding of resources, (greed), by the "elite" seems to be an obsolete, out of control instinct related to gathering and protecting vital resources. Humans share a plethora of instinctual behaviors with all the other animals on Earth.
My cat reacts to reflexions but mostly attacks them… LOL
The plural of octopus is octopuses, not octopi. Octopus is Greek, not Latin. Octopodes is also acceptable.
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who decided eating octopus was a good idea?
You need a pm to help you understand what science is. 😉
Really the best trick the brain pulls, is hiding all the tricks it pulls to cobble together consciousness and making it feel seamless.
The real rabbit hole is learning about those tricks, so we better know how our mind operates, and can make better decisions, and avoid others using those tricks to influence us.
Bring it!
Somehow you have captured my curiosity, care to share you're 'evidence'? 🙂
Not sure why this video portrays as consciousness and self-awareness as the same thing.
What confuses me is that when my dog looks into a mirror its obvious she knows its not another dog, so what does she think it is?
It's very difficult to avoid anthropocentrism when thinking about consciousness in other species.. especially given that we don't even have any good working definitions of our own consciousnesses.. as there are almost certainly many types of them…?
the fact that an animal does not respond to an altered image in the same way as us does not show that it has no self awareness..
Who are you, really?
What if i hear voice that answers me?
my lizard freaks when I put a mirror next to him(he starts to gain a black "beard" hence the name of the lizard bearded dragon).
sup bro.
Be good if they researched tulpae
So what was your consciousness before you were here, in your physical body, and why don't you remember it?
Your soul can perceive beyond the 5 senses
Well, it's hard not to be intrigued by that. I'd like some good scientific evidence. 🙂
Such a cutie
What if the mirror test has something to do with the visual perception of the animal? What if they sense their individuality better through sense of smell rather than sight?
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Please Explain.