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Einstein's Alcove
Can a lightbulb be conscious?
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 18092" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>I forgot to mention that a neuron involved in the decision making and therefore conscious participation, may not be hit once only in the processing of that decision.</p><p></p><p>The decision that neuron makes each time would be different, owing to the time difference, and quite possibly the aging process of the neuron by virtue of the activity through it. There may even be a different neuron result (if it lights or not) by the timing that the various inputs are hit by other neurons - a gate issue. </p><p></p><p>Since all neurons in one chain of thought will react differently each time they are used, the eventual decision made by the multiple lines of communication in the lattice reaching a conclusion would therefore have an element of 'maybe yes' or 'maybe no' about them. </p><p>As long as the two possible results stay sufficiently distant from each other, one can assume a decision has been made that ends the process before another is initiated. Logical and therefore wide gap results enable the being to survive and thrive, which should not be difficult for processing arrays to mimic, but narrow gap results would come into play to allow slightly different 'testing the water' logic, on decisions that are not too life threatening, but might ultimately give the being knowledge of the unknown, leading to wisdom in more subjects. </p><p></p><p>The gap described between the two results and its variation makes up the consciousness of the being, by its ability to make decisions that have an impact on it and its surroundings for the long term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 18092, member: 175144"] I forgot to mention that a neuron involved in the decision making and therefore conscious participation, may not be hit once only in the processing of that decision. The decision that neuron makes each time would be different, owing to the time difference, and quite possibly the aging process of the neuron by virtue of the activity through it. There may even be a different neuron result (if it lights or not) by the timing that the various inputs are hit by other neurons - a gate issue. Since all neurons in one chain of thought will react differently each time they are used, the eventual decision made by the multiple lines of communication in the lattice reaching a conclusion would therefore have an element of 'maybe yes' or 'maybe no' about them. As long as the two possible results stay sufficiently distant from each other, one can assume a decision has been made that ends the process before another is initiated. Logical and therefore wide gap results enable the being to survive and thrive, which should not be difficult for processing arrays to mimic, but narrow gap results would come into play to allow slightly different 'testing the water' logic, on decisions that are not too life threatening, but might ultimately give the being knowledge of the unknown, leading to wisdom in more subjects. The gap described between the two results and its variation makes up the consciousness of the being, by its ability to make decisions that have an impact on it and its surroundings for the long term. [/QUOTE]
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