10 ideas
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
4052 | It has become normal to consider passive euthanasia while condemning active euthanasia [Rachels] |
4053 | If it is desirable that a given patient die, then moral objections to killing them do not apply [Rachels] |