On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 2:02 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. > > There was a neurologist (I forgot who) that said "Waking life is a dream modulated by the senses." In other words, the brain's main function is effectively that of a dreaming machine (to generate a picture of reality centered on a subject). Normally, when we are awake, this dream is synched up to mostly follow along with an external world, given data input from the senses. But when we sleep, the brain is free to make things up in ways not synced up to the external world through the senses. I don't know how true this idea is, but it makes sense and sounds plausible. If it's true, we can expect any creature that dreams likely also experiences a picture of a reality centered on a subject. Jason -- 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/CA%2BBCJUioAOW6msmzs0nqFdUyfMs8OJd%2BuftwiUxUqwfr%2BtOirw%40mail.gmail.com.
