Post by Dylan Cheng on Jul 13, 2016 20:45:37 GMT
1. Consciousness, which is defined as the fact of awareness of oneself and one’s surroundings, is a “virtual simulator there are times that our dreaming brain can overlap with our waking state and radically confuse us about what is internal and what is external.” (Is the Universe an App?, 101) The Virtual Simulation Theory of Consciousness states that our mind creates and builds the situations we go through based on our perception and expectations of what we believe will happen. It simulates these daily and minute occurrences and we respond accordingly, in respect to how we perceive others’ behaviors, physically, logistically, and emotionally. And because humans have what George Edelman described as a “Second” nature of consciousness as opposed to “primary” consciousness, he argues that this theory is possible with human psychology because only we are able of being conscious OF being conscious.
2. In reading about the physics of deception, we learn that the brain is a highly complex machine that that recognize patterns and develop beyond these patterns to create an understanding of what we think we see. Because of the depth and advancement of the brain’s ability to perceive and process reality, humans have been at the forefront of natural selection, able to adapt and thrive longer and more successfully than any other species thus far. Unlike other mammals - even extremely intelligent animals like whales - the human brain has an “amazing ability to create a reason or purpose to continue living, drawing as it does from the person's own unique biographical circumstances.” (102)
2. In reading about the physics of deception, we learn that the brain is a highly complex machine that that recognize patterns and develop beyond these patterns to create an understanding of what we think we see. Because of the depth and advancement of the brain’s ability to perceive and process reality, humans have been at the forefront of natural selection, able to adapt and thrive longer and more successfully than any other species thus far. Unlike other mammals - even extremely intelligent animals like whales - the human brain has an “amazing ability to create a reason or purpose to continue living, drawing as it does from the person's own unique biographical circumstances.” (102)
