On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:02 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List <
everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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>
> On 4/28/2021 11:39 AM, Terren Suydam wrote:
> >
> > I'm interested in a theory of consciousness that can tell me, among
> > other things, how it is that we have conscious experiences when we
> > dream. Don't you wonder about that?
>
> No especially.  It's certainly consistent with consciousness being a
> brain process.  And it's consistent with Jeff Hawkins theory that the
> brain is continually trying to predict sensation and it is predictions
> that are endorsed by the most neurons that constitute conscious
> thoughts.  in sleep, with little or no sensory input the predictions
> wander, depending mainly on memory for input.
>
> Brent
>

What I read in that is that you don't wonder because you've got a workable
theory. This was intended for John Clark, who thinks theories of
consciousness are a waste of time.

Terren

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