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Not human consciousness
That's not exactly consciousnessYes. There are many life forms that do not have a brain, but that can perceive natural phenomena and react to it. Plants orient their leaves to face the sun as it crosses the sky, for example.
Have Read many posts that didnt appear to require a brain.can consciousness exist without a brain?
You have won the internet today.Have Read many posts that didnt appear to require a brain.
Well, I really, really liked the video -- especially the apparent "communication" between the fly trap and the mimosa. Beautiful and fascinating.can consciousness exist without a brain?
Well, I really, really liked the video -- especially the apparent "communication" between the fly trap and the mimosa. Beautiful and fascinating.
Offering just my own opinion (and I'm no neuroscientist, so you need pay no attention to me) I still do not see that as examples of "consciousness." I am convinced that a very great deal that happens inside our brains (and the neurological equivalents in many animals) is primarily reactive, or response to stimuli. The more complex, the more likely that some of that stimuli comes from within the organism, or even within the neurological complex itself. Consciousness, on the other hand, seems to me to require a feedback loop, wherein the organism not only responds, but "tells itself" it responded. As most of us who've played with amplifiers know, feedback can be very powerful (SCREEECHH!), but properly controlled, wonderfully useful.
Just trying to imagine the complexity of it all absolutely boggles my tiny pea brain.
Consciousness is prerequisite for the Universe.can consciousness exist without a brain?
I am going with a hard 'Yes' based on my spiritual philosophy of Advaita that says that Consciousness is fundamental and eternal. Consciousness can incarnate a physical brain but the physical brain can not create consciousness.can consciousness exist without a brain?
I am going with a hard 'Yes' based on my spiritual philosophy of Advaita that says that Consciousness is fundamental and eternal. Consciousness can incarnate a physical brain but the physical brain can not create consciousness.
Also. various types of paranormal phenomena supports consciousness and intelligence without a physical mechanism.
Yes, that is consistent with what I was getting at. 'Unseen' just means it's not in the range of our physical eyes' receptivity.
then consciousness, nirguna can't exist? can't be?Yes, that is consistent with what I was getting at. 'Unseen' just means it's not in the range of our physical eyes' receptivity.
Consciousness is neither physical nor measurable.
not sure I 'get' your question, sorry.then consciousness, nirguna can't exist? can't be?
god is not one? not yoked? not yoga?
can consciousness exist without a brain?
not sure I 'get' your question, sorry.
Are you thinking Consciousness/God/Brahman must be physical and measurable to exist???
a computer is created by humans to mimick some process. it's artificial. plants and viruses aren't considered artificial intelligenceWhat does it mean, exactly, to be conscious? A computer can be equipped with sensors in order to react to stimuli such as light, sound, touch, temperature, etc. Does that make it conscious? A virus can react to and with it's environment. Is it conscious? Just asking......
That does not really answer the question. What is consciousness? If it is the ability to sense and react to one's surroundings, then the computer is conscious. (I am not really believing it is....just trying to get you to state exactly what you think consciousness is). Nobody, including those who are actually qualified in the study of it, can really peg it. It is ill defined.a computer is created by humans to mimick some process. it's artificial. plants and viruses aren't considered artificial intelligence