http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013 Accelerating Intelligence Fri, 24 May 2013 23:30:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-98046 Palle R Jensen Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:24:57 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-98046 In my view consciousness is not just something which appears if a certain area is activated. It has to be a physical process which is fundamentally different from normal neural processes. One such process can be found in any amplifier system with a microphone, an amplifier and a loudspeaker. Normally you don't notice the process because it works silently. However if you turn the amplification up, at some point it will change to another state where you notice the extremely loud scream produced by the feedback loop of the mike-amplifier-loudspeaker system. This scream is a manifestation of all the factors involved (including the room). The brain is a very complex network of interconnected neurons. It has the potential to create neural activity in a "generator loop". This loop will activate a number of neurons again and again and create the thought that we become aware of. In this way a lot of neurons can be bound together to form a complex thought, for some time. After a period it gets "tired" and a new loop can be generated. As I see it our brain is full of dancing loops :-) In my view consciousness is not just something which appears if a certain area is activated. It has to be a physical process which is fundamentally different from normal neural processes.
One such process can be found in any amplifier system with a microphone, an amplifier and a loudspeaker. Normally you don’t notice the process because it works silently.
However if you turn the amplification up, at some point it will change to another state where you notice the extremely loud scream produced by the feedback loop of the mike-amplifier-loudspeaker system.
This scream is a manifestation of all the factors involved (including the room).
The brain is a very complex network of interconnected neurons.
It has the potential to create neural activity in a “generator loop”. This loop will activate a number of neurons again and again and create the thought that we become aware of.
In this way a lot of neurons can be bound together to form a complex thought, for some time. After a period it gets “tired” and a new loop can be generated.
As I see it our brain is full of dancing loops :-)

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-94947 Editor Sat, 02 Feb 2013 10:40:16 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-94947 How does it work? How does it work?

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-94926 Palle R Jensen Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:29:04 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-94926 At the conference in Copenhagen in 2005, a new theory was presented. It is called TRANS (Thought by Repetitive Activation og Neural Sequence) It can be seen at: www.ruf.dk/trans2.doc The theory introduces a "generator loop" as the basic mechanism. I wonder if this theory is being discussed. At the conference in Copenhagen in 2005, a new theory was presented.
It is called TRANS (Thought by Repetitive Activation og Neural Sequence)
It can be seen at: http://www.ruf.dk/trans2.doc
The theory introduces a “generator loop” as the basic mechanism.
I wonder if this theory is being discussed.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-94694 Marcos Marin Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:14:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-94694 Actually quite simple (in concept, tech is the limiting factor), but it won't win you many friends. Actually quite simple (in concept, tech is the limiting factor), but it won’t win you many friends.

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-94661 high carbfoods Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:03:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-94661 The eternal quest how the biological cell gets consciousness (the constant integrated awareness) is still beyond science, not yet anyway. Try we must, being inquisitive and ingenious! The eternal quest how the biological cell gets consciousness (the constant integrated awareness) is still beyond science, not yet anyway. Try we must, being inquisitive and ingenious!

]]> http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness-2013/comment-page-1#comment-94627 Marcos Marin Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:39:41 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=178740#comment-94627 Glad to see someone still disagrees with Mr.K about placing "consciousness" and "science" in the same sentence. Glad to see someone still disagrees with Mr.K about placing “consciousness” and “science” in the same sentence.

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