Post by Steve Armas Xochitiotzi on Oct 3, 2016 1:50:35 GMT
1. The authors of Is The Universe An App? Andrea Diem-Lane & David Christopher Lane stated, “Consciousness is a fantastic virtual simulator and because of its inclusivity and insular engineering it has an inherent tendency to believe its own machinations as exterior to itself and not as the byproduct of its own interiority.” (Lane 75) It is also explained the problem of understanding the consciousness is that we don’t have full access our minds. Since we can’t access our mind 100%, virtual simulation theory won’t be fully understood. As of now, the theory of our consciousness is still waiting for our discovery. Andrea Diem-Lane & David Christopher Lane also stated, “Saying that all things are experience through consciousness unnecessarily reifies the very word consciousness since awareness is not a “thingy” but a process as fluid as the tons of water cascading down Niagara Fall (Lane 75).”
2. Our brain tricks us through our imaginations. In the book, Is The Universe An App? It is stated,” Such is the confusing nature of our own self-awareness that we even objectify our own personas in various garbs and believe them to be ontologically apart from our own neural projections (Lane 74-75).” A benefit from our mind tricking us is that it helps to stimulate our consciousness. Based on the video by neuralsurfer, Brain Burn: Consciousness as a Virtual Simulator, our consciousness dissociates itself to create our imaginations. Another benefit of this is the evolutionary advantage humans have of survival compared to animals. Humans have a primary consciousness and a secondary consciousness. As for animals, they have only a primary consciousness. An advantage of having both consciousnesses is for survival imagination helps to plan a life or death situation that some animals lack.
2. Our brain tricks us through our imaginations. In the book, Is The Universe An App? It is stated,” Such is the confusing nature of our own self-awareness that we even objectify our own personas in various garbs and believe them to be ontologically apart from our own neural projections (Lane 74-75).” A benefit from our mind tricking us is that it helps to stimulate our consciousness. Based on the video by neuralsurfer, Brain Burn: Consciousness as a Virtual Simulator, our consciousness dissociates itself to create our imaginations. Another benefit of this is the evolutionary advantage humans have of survival compared to animals. Humans have a primary consciousness and a secondary consciousness. As for animals, they have only a primary consciousness. An advantage of having both consciousnesses is for survival imagination helps to plan a life or death situation that some animals lack.