Post by Matthew Holguin on Oct 2, 2016 22:40:36 GMT
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
The Virtual Simulation theory of Consciousness is described in “Is The Universe An App”, as how us humans view our world through simulating it first. Lane states explains how consciousness is a great simulator and how it has the tendency to believe its own machinations exteriorly, but not its own interiority. Pg. 88. In the required video “Brain Burns”, it states how consciousness internalizes situations internally in order to save resources. This theory can be beneficial as much as it can be disastrous; depending on your situation. If you simulate someone else’s actions and they turn out to be the opposite of what you simulated in your conscious, you may face unwanted consequences. Lane 99. This theory explains why sometimes we sometimes cannot depict dream from reality. Especially when the dream is powerful. It’s said that consciousness’s virtual simulation evolved over time in mammals with a higher brain function that way they were able to visualize situations for their benefit. Lane 120.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
The brain beneficially tricks us for our genetic survival by consciously putting us in situations to “Fight or Flight”. For example, in “Is The Universe An App”, Lane states, “We are, in sum, dreaming ourselves in various guises, even if we may be deceptively tricked to believe otherwise.” Pg. 74. I believe when we dream, we sometimes imagine ourselves better or worse, either way, depending on how you take this dream, we want to reach that goal or better ourselves from what we experienced just in that dream. Another example is when Lane talks about how when we see a sunset at a beach or stars in the night sky, we are not seeing them in actual time. He states, “The world we behold is not so much in front of us in a persistent now as it is behind us in an escaping past. Thus we are continually, even if unconsciously, remembering our lives from transpiring experiences that blind us from their real origination.” Pg. 110. This benefits our genetic survival if we can understand that what we see is not what is real.
The Virtual Simulation theory of Consciousness is described in “Is The Universe An App”, as how us humans view our world through simulating it first. Lane states explains how consciousness is a great simulator and how it has the tendency to believe its own machinations exteriorly, but not its own interiority. Pg. 88. In the required video “Brain Burns”, it states how consciousness internalizes situations internally in order to save resources. This theory can be beneficial as much as it can be disastrous; depending on your situation. If you simulate someone else’s actions and they turn out to be the opposite of what you simulated in your conscious, you may face unwanted consequences. Lane 99. This theory explains why sometimes we sometimes cannot depict dream from reality. Especially when the dream is powerful. It’s said that consciousness’s virtual simulation evolved over time in mammals with a higher brain function that way they were able to visualize situations for their benefit. Lane 120.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
The brain beneficially tricks us for our genetic survival by consciously putting us in situations to “Fight or Flight”. For example, in “Is The Universe An App”, Lane states, “We are, in sum, dreaming ourselves in various guises, even if we may be deceptively tricked to believe otherwise.” Pg. 74. I believe when we dream, we sometimes imagine ourselves better or worse, either way, depending on how you take this dream, we want to reach that goal or better ourselves from what we experienced just in that dream. Another example is when Lane talks about how when we see a sunset at a beach or stars in the night sky, we are not seeing them in actual time. He states, “The world we behold is not so much in front of us in a persistent now as it is behind us in an escaping past. Thus we are continually, even if unconsciously, remembering our lives from transpiring experiences that blind us from their real origination.” Pg. 110. This benefits our genetic survival if we can understand that what we see is not what is real.