I don’t understand your argument here. I think we don’t have a good mathematical definition of phenomenological consciousness that seems particularly believable to me, and confusing it with access “consciousness” is just one of the many ways where people seem confused about it. It also means that attempting a new mathematical construct is an interesting and valid approach to the problem but surely shouldn’t be your Plan A.
I think the problem is not that, “we don’t have a good mathematical definition of phenomenological consciousness,” it’s that there isn’t a definition at all! My theory is that this babble is useful to survival, because babble can still be used as a justification. On a species level, you still see religious people today saying, “it’s okay to kill and eat animals, but not humans, because humans have souls.” On an individual level, you’re going to fight harder if your brain insists me. On a memetic level, proclaiming to be realer than real, “the thing that is redness”, will get more people talking about it. Doesn’t mean there’s anything there.
I don’t understand your argument here. I think we don’t have a good mathematical definition of phenomenological consciousness that seems particularly believable to me, and confusing it with access “consciousness” is just one of the many ways where people seem confused about it. It also means that attempting a new mathematical construct is an interesting and valid approach to the problem but surely shouldn’t be your Plan A.
I think the problem is not that, “we don’t have a good mathematical definition of phenomenological consciousness,” it’s that there isn’t a definition at all! My theory is that this babble is useful to survival, because babble can still be used as a justification. On a species level, you still see religious people today saying, “it’s okay to kill and eat animals, but not humans, because humans have souls.” On an individual level, you’re going to fight harder if your brain insists me. On a memetic level, proclaiming to be realer than real, “the thing that is redness”, will get more people talking about it. Doesn’t mean there’s anything there.