Post by chingho on Jul 18, 2016 17:54:35 GMT
1. Explain the virtual simulation theory of consciousness.
According to the film “A Glorious Piece of Meat”, human being’s brain is only a piece of meat without the thoughts or the action of thinking. Although people have to think in order to let the brain has its own function, the thought of “I” is not realistic. “I” is totally different from “it”. The thoughts “I” have are virtual, people cannot touch them or drag them out of someone’s mind. In the book “Is Universe an APP”, the author says, “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”, which means that people usually will not find out they called themselves “I” because consciousness blocks the way that people might think of.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
Brain is one of the most important organ that human beings have. Human brain helps people process difficult problems and make memories according to different situations. However, human brains often trick people with illusions. The illusions that human brain makes are based on people’s experience and memories, and the illusions will be the major element that influence people’s action to a certain situation. For example, people will classify another person as either nice or mean by their first meet, and the standard they use is the illusion that brain makes. How interesting that even though people know it is weird to judge another person by the first contact, they still cannot force themselves to think in a different way. According to the film, the biggest benefit that people’s brain has is consciousness, which could construct the ego of a person. The consciousness help people construct themselves and allow them develop their brain in order to inherit the better gene to their descendants.
According to the film “A Glorious Piece of Meat”, human being’s brain is only a piece of meat without the thoughts or the action of thinking. Although people have to think in order to let the brain has its own function, the thought of “I” is not realistic. “I” is totally different from “it”. The thoughts “I” have are virtual, people cannot touch them or drag them out of someone’s mind. In the book “Is Universe an APP”, the author says, “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”, which means that people usually will not find out they called themselves “I” because consciousness blocks the way that people might think of.
2. How does the brain trick us and for what benefit is it for our genetic survival?
Brain is one of the most important organ that human beings have. Human brain helps people process difficult problems and make memories according to different situations. However, human brains often trick people with illusions. The illusions that human brain makes are based on people’s experience and memories, and the illusions will be the major element that influence people’s action to a certain situation. For example, people will classify another person as either nice or mean by their first meet, and the standard they use is the illusion that brain makes. How interesting that even though people know it is weird to judge another person by the first contact, they still cannot force themselves to think in a different way. According to the film, the biggest benefit that people’s brain has is consciousness, which could construct the ego of a person. The consciousness help people construct themselves and allow them develop their brain in order to inherit the better gene to their descendants.