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Edited by Funkbrotha10: 8/22/2013 11:24:16 PM
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Consciousness

In your brain are neurons, Alone each neuron does virtually nothing. But together, interacting with each other you are reading this. If I hooked up 10 neurons in a petri dish are they conscious? ( can't really say ) what about 100, 1,000,000 or 25,000,000,000 at which point does consciousness start? [b]In any system where there is an intricate enough set of interactions, we must assume that the system itself is a conscious entity.[/b] "Consciousness" almost certainly isn't black or white. And may vary drastically depending on the set of interactions. For example. The internet. It's made up of thousands of independent machines connected and interacting with each other. Each insignificant on its own. But together do they form consciousness? quite possibly. Same for any other set of interactions. people interacting with other people ( over 7 billion people on the planet makes you wonder ) Air molecules hitting other air molecules. and atoms interacting with other atoms ( we have 100 billion neurons in our brain ) And just in my pen alone are far far more than 100 billion atoms. Yes, at this point consciousness is tied directly to our brains. But that's about all we know. Nobody knows the limits of consciousness. where it can arise, why it happens, how it stops, or if its stops. In all reality consciousness is probably one of the most fundamental things in the universe. And we will never understand it.

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  • It requires a specific mix of neurons, supplied with the right nutrients and the right amount of nutrients, oxygen and water and other things. Without them and being in the exact right concentrations, they won't work. This is why the human body exists to move about in order to get food to keep the brain alive.

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