Comments on: Consciousness is Not a Computation

By: “Life after Death” | Miles Hingston

“Life after Death” | Miles Hingston — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:27:44 +0000

[...] EDIT 2012/05/2012 Looking back at this entry I can see I was trying to take anÂ absolutionistÂ view on what this thing we call lifeÂ is. Incidentally, someone commented on one of my older videos on Youtube aboutÂ information and simulated reality: “Please guys, be careful what you do with your attitude/perception. The world can be said to be a computer, because it can change in relation to us, we’re interwoven with it, but if we debase this thing that’s far more sophisticated than any of our dreams and mythologies to “data” and “illusion” you may create a VERY toxic world that we’re all gonna have to live in.” I think what often alludes us (including scientists) is how enveloped within language (Logos) we actually are. AsÂ McKennaÂ alludes to in the video below, the use of metaphor is itself an act ofÂ magick. How we come to see “the World” says more about our own psyche than anything else. EDIT 2: Read this… Consciousness is not a computation [...]

By: “Life after Death” – Holoplex Media

“Life after Death” – Holoplex Media — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:29:39 +0000

[...] World” says more about our own psyche than anything else. EDIT 2: Read this… Consciousness is not a computation No related content found. Print [...]

By: The Wren Project

The Wren Project — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:02:00 +0000

Very thought provoking quandary. This day has been full of them for me after attending Being Human.
You make a curious and extreme rebuttal to consciousness being a computation. I notice that you use an abundance of absolute logic and if there’s one thing I’ve found to be constant is non-absolutism (I know there’s irony in that statement). I don’t know whether you are right or wrong, but I also don’t assume to absolutely know like you do, either. You postulate that it is completely impossible and improbable. Yet, how do you know a thing so certainly? Because you haven’t been the one to arrive at the solution? That since you haven’t observed it, it must not be possible? Strange point of view. In the end you may be right, but I’m not arrogant enough to postulate a conclusion. I mean arrogant in the nicest possible way, perhaps bold is a better word. I’d like to think that because we are only at the forefront of the research that we still have so much more to learn before drawing finite conclusions. It’s been stated that we have only discovered 4% of the “known” universe. How can anyone draw any conclusions from anything. We can only theorize and try to prove our theories correct or incorrect. Absolute logic is the antithesis of science.

By: Bison

Bison — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Thank you, Nova Spivak, for a remarkably insightful and genuinely thought provoking piece of writing.

By: Is the Universe a Computer? New Evidence Emerges. | Nova Spivack - Minding the Planet

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:28:31 +0000

[...] However, I personally don’t believe the universe will turn out to be a computer or a computation. Read the next article in this series to find out why I think Consciousness is Not a Computation. [...]