Computers seemed like magic to me at one point, but once I read an explanation of how they work, I felt that there’s no longer anything mysterious about computers. Even if I’d never seen or heard of a computer, if I was more intelligent I would have predicted that computers could exist.
After reading this explanation of consciousness, consciousness remains just as mysterious. If I was not conscious myself there’s no way in a million years that I would predict that other people are conscious (that there’s something it’s like to be them). As such I don’t think this really explains anything.
Computers seemed like magic to me at one point, but once I read an explanation of how they work, I felt that there’s no longer anything mysterious about computers. Even if I’d never seen or heard of a computer, if I was more intelligent I would have predicted that computers could exist.
After reading this explanation of consciousness, consciousness remains just as mysterious. If I was not conscious myself there’s no way in a million years that I would predict that other people are conscious (that there’s something it’s like to be them). As such I don’t think this really explains anything.