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		oezi on June 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Consciousness is not computation Isn't consciousness just the ability to observe some part of the brain's processes and use it as another kind of sensory input to thinking?

mypastself on June 20, 2022 [–]

It’s tough for me to define consciousness as “just” anything, but its indefinability is in fact the main part of the problem.

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