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| | qualiacomputing.com
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| | [AI summary] The text discusses a framework for understanding subjective time as a causal network of local binding connections. It explores how different states of consciousness, such as those induced by psychedelics, can alter this network, leading to various experiences of time, including time loops, moments of eternity, and timelessness. The framework also connects these experiences to emotional valence and the structure of consciousness, suggesting that symmetry and regularity in the network contribute to positive emotional states. The text concludes by emphasizing the potential of this approach as a starting point for further research into time perception and consciousness.
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| | Do we all see the same red? Or feel joy and sadness alike? Mapping how our inner experiences relate to one another could finally reveal how physical processes in the brain give rise to consciousness
| | www.lesswrong.com
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| | Debates about consciousness often come down to two people talking past each other, without realizing their interlocutor is coming from a fundamentall...
| | benjamintseng.com
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| One of the most exciting areas of technology development, but that doesn't get a ton of mainstream media coverage, is the race to build a working quantum computer that exhibits "below threshold quantum computing" - the ability to do calculations utilizing quantum mechanics accurately. One of the key limitations to achieving this has been the...