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| | qualiacomputing.com
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| | Both physics and philosophy are jargon-ridden. So let's first define some key concepts. Both "consciousness" and "physical" are contested terms. Accurately if inelegantly, consciousness may be described following Nagel ("What is it like to be a bat?") as the subjective what-it's-like-ness of experience. Academic philosophers term such self-intimating "raw feels" "qualia" - whether macro-qualia...
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| | [AI summary] This article is a collection of discussions and perspectives on the nature of consciousness, focusing on whether it is an emergent property of complex systems. It touches on various viewpoints from different contributors, including philosophical, scientific, and even speculative theories. The discussion includes references to the role of quantum mechanics, the relationship between consciousness and the physical world, and the challenges in defining and measuring consciousness. The article also mentions the work of researchers like Sandro Sozzo and others who explore the intersection of consciousness and quantum theory. Additionally, it highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in understanding consciousness, and the ongoing debat...
| | selfawarepatterns.com
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| | A question long argued in the philosophy of science is the demarcation problem. How to we distinguish science from non-science? Karl Popper famously proposed falsifiability as a criteria. To be science, a theory must make predictions that could turn out to be wrong. It must be falsifiable. Theories that are amorphous or flexible enough to...
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| (see also pdf version) Quantum computing is one of the most exciting developments of computer science in the last decades. But this concept is not without its critics, often known as "quantum computing skeptics" or "skeptics" for short. The debate on quantum computing can sometimes confuse the physical and mathematical aspects of this question,...