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In Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious , Antonio Damasio writes: Life sailed forth without words or thoughts, without feelings or reasons, devoid of minds or consciousness. And yet living organisms sensed others like them and sensed their environments. By sensing I mean the detection of a ...

A mountain doesn't mean something it is not. A mountain doesn't even mean a mountain. It simply is a mountain. Water flowing over a cliff doesn't mean anything other than water flowing over a cliff. It doesn't even mean water flowing over a cliff. It simply is water flowing over a cliff. In informat...

The definition of consciousness is very important here. Of course, it is usually important. But I think moreso here. I know many will always think the idea I'm championing is nonsense. But the definition of consciousness needs to be clear for those willing to consider the idea. In short: Consciousne...

Are humans "more conscious" than any other species? Since consciousness is notoriously difficult to define, I don't think there's a consensus on greater and lesser consciousness between species. If what I've said so far is correct, however, humans have higher consciousness than at least mo...

How??? I don't know what kind of observations don't look the same with or without proto-consciousness. What would we see, or not see, only if proto-consciousness is real, or isn't? Can we list all the different information processing systems within us, and goes through how's thru all interact? And c...

Information A mountain doesn't mean something it is not. A mountain doesn't even mean a mountain. It simply is a mountain. Water flowing over a cliff doesn't mean anything other than water flowing over a cliff. It doesn't even mean water flowing over a cliff. It simply is water flowing over a cliff...

Although I suspect proto-consciousness is the answer, I realize I'm not presenting any evidence for it. But I'm enjoying trying to develop a hypothesis that, at least, isn't self-contradictory. Maybe someone will figure out how to prove or disprove it. I suspect there will be changes to how this sub...

CAUSALITY This is what it's all about!!! :D I believe consciousness is causal. But how can such a thing be? Let's consider Greene's words again: Mass produces and responds to a gravitational force, and electric charge produces and responds to an electromagnetic force. So while I can’t tell you what...

How Could Proto-Consciousness Build Consciousness? I'm not going to pretend this is even a theory. I can't imagine how to test it. But here's ideas I have. I'm not sure how to word this... Proto-consciousness experiences the things that happen to the particle it is a property of. Let's look at that...

I don't think height evolved. I think height is a characteristic of everything. At least everything we can see with our eyes, even if aided by a microscope. Maybe it's not a property of matter, but a characteristic of mass. Something like that? So everything has height. Things evolve with greater or...