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| | www.binding-problem.com
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| | [AI summary] The provided text explores the binding problem in consciousness, which refers to the challenge of explaining how distinct sensory features are integrated into a unified conscious experience. It introduces the concept of micro-experiential zombies, hypothetical entities that possess all the physical and functional properties of conscious beings but lack subjective experience. The text also delves into the role of neural synchrony and reentry in solving the binding problem, as well as the philosophical implications of panpsychism and the combination problem. Additionally, it references various academic resources and theories related to the binding problem, including Feature Integration Theory, dynamic binding, and neural oscillations. The text emp...
| | broadspeculations.com
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| | A question that has puzzled me is the one of the evolutionary reasons for consciousness. I'm speaking loosely here. Evolution doesn't really have reasons. Changes happen in organisms because the changes in the long run bestow some advantage (or at least no disadvantage) to the survival of the organism. Let's rephrase the question: what evolutionary...
| | qualiacomputing.com
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| | In 2016 I attended this conference with David Pearce. In 2018 I did so with Michael Johnson, Adam Safron, and Hunter Meyer. This year we went as a QRI + collaborators contingent with Chris Percy, Asher Soryl, Cube Flipper, Symmetric Vision, Hunter and I. Brad Caldwell also decided to join us at the last second....
| | www.qri.org
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| Content Warning: Trying to understand the contents of this essay may be mindwarping. Proceed with caution.