It's one of the scientific mysteries right now. What is consciousness? How did it even come about? You can quantitatively measure the wave lengths entering a measurable eyeball. You can measure the size of the electro-chemical reaction to an electromagnetic wave as it is converted into brain activity. You can do all this. But scientists remain baffled regarding the qualia we experience in our consciousness. The "qualia" of perceiving the color red or blue - since we all know an electromagnetic wave, or an electrochemical has no color at all. Where does the "color" come from? How do we experience this color when there is no color?
What is consciousness? How is it self-conscious? How does it feel? How can it think? Can consciousness be reducible to something else?
It's one of the scientific mysteries right now. What is consciousness? How did it even come about? You can quantitatively measure the wave lengths entering a measurable eyeball. You can measure the size of the electro-chemical reaction to an electromagnetic wave as it is converted into brain activity. You can do all this. But scientists remain baffled regarding the qualia we experience in our consciousness. The "qualia" of perceiving the color red or blue - since we all know an electromagnetic wave, or an electrochemical has no color at all. Where does the "color" come from? How do we experience this color when there is no color?
What is consciousness? How is it self-conscious? How does it feel? How can it think? Can consciousness be reducible to something else?