...summary about research into consciousness and how and why it exists.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/mar/01/consciousness-eight-questions-science
If working with alien races, then are they conscious in the same way we are? For example, do your aliens sleep? (One intriguing question that often comes to mind is what dolphins may experience when they sleep half their brain at a time...) Can consciousness be created non-biologically? (true artificial intelligence). Could a different evolution produce a completely different mechanism for self awareness?
All worth considering.
Now there's an interesting notion: we've seen alien culture, philosophy, and instinct--but what about truly alien consciousness? Very seldom seen.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be very hard to do. We barely understand how *we* are conscious, after all.
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