I recommend reading Blindsight. One of the few novels that actually changed the way I think (in this case about consciousness)
And yeah, it’s real in the same sense as a sense of smell is real. It’s just a byproduct of how our brains work. Copy the brain, copy the consciousness.
The belief that it’s a byproduct of the physics of our brains is just that, a belief. It’s not provable even if we both think it’s the most likely cause.
I think knowing about drugs able to cause ego death, we’re already close to a proof. Like, if it can be temporarily disabled without long term effects, what else can it be than a feeling.
I think we can only get closer if we understand the human brain much better than we do.
I recommend reading Blindsight. One of the few novels that actually changed the way I think (in this case about consciousness)
And yeah, it’s real in the same sense as a sense of smell is real. It’s just a byproduct of how our brains work. Copy the brain, copy the consciousness.
The belief that it’s a byproduct of the physics of our brains is just that, a belief. It’s not provable even if we both think it’s the most likely cause.
I think knowing about drugs able to cause ego death, we’re already close to a proof. Like, if it can be temporarily disabled without long term effects, what else can it be than a feeling.
I think we can only get closer if we understand the human brain much better than we do.