On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 3:02 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> > > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA-TN6Um-R-geAFPyJkB9ojsvDJT9wd%3DvgejeodSv7wWAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
