Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: October 04, 2022 09:00PM
Interesting article on discovering the extent of mental blindness. I didn't know that the two visual paths in the brain were independent of each other.
But I don't think I subscribe to a theory of consciousness from the interesting information in this article.
He tries to establish sentience with the following quiz. Do you pass?
Do you have a robust sense of self, centred on sensations?
Do you engage in self-pleasuring activities – be it listening to music or masturbation?
Do you have notions of ‘I’ and ‘you’?
Do you carry your sense of your own identity forward in time?
Do you attribute selfhood to others?
Do you use your brain to understand others’ feelings?
https://aeon.co/essays/how-blindsight-answers-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness