2007-07-01 16:10:41 · 12 answers · asked by Steamtrain Maury 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
we seem to have more information on space then we do on consciousness
2007-07-01 16:12:38 · update #1
It's like being locked in a house and being asked to describe the paint job on the outside. How can consciousness ever get far enough outside itself to see itself clearly?
2007-07-01 16:14:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consciousness is another concept blurred by sloppy usage. When dealing with language, it is imperative that concise and crystal clear words be used to describe exactly what is being discussed. Consciousness has been conflicted conscience and awareness in our everyday speech. So much so, that it is difficult to make it explainable as it is for it to be understood.
2007-07-01 23:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we try to explain it using limited languages created by that very consciousness, like programming a computer in binary to figure you out your psychological state in full and give a print, and we try to view the whole from within, like standing in time square and trying to figure out what the city looks like as a whole.
until we an leave behind the constraints of language as well as find a way to retain consciousness while observing it from outside itself, we will keep having a heck of a time trying to understand consciousness.
2007-07-01 23:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by implosion13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are wrong... consciousness isn't hard to understand...
Its only hard to figure out when you want it to be something that it is not....
it is not magic...
it is not free from being cohersed by others, by our enviornment, by our past experiences, by drugs etc.
it is not a way to understand things that you have not learned (ie. religious enlightenment).
Other than that...it is quite simple...
You are you...
and I am I...
and I know that I am I....
and You knowthat I am I
and I know that you are you....
and You know that you are you...
and I don't find that to be that complicated....
and I don't think you do either....
2007-07-01 23:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by Julian X 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we choose to interpret "thought" as words, which is a bewitchment to our intelligence, instead of symbolism or vision, which is free to lead the mind to use serendipity to assimilate understanding. To think outside of the proverbial box. got savvy?
...after the third cold barley drink, I do seem to understand better, that I don't understand why my conscious didn't stop me from twisting the top on the fourth!
2007-07-01 23:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by burn out 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its something we never think about cause its just there. no one knows why or how we became consciousness human beings in the first place.(im talking for sure. evolution and creationism and stuff are just theories.) so why should we know why we are conscious now?
2007-07-01 23:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by lalala- lisaღ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I ask myself this all the time. I think this ties in hand in hand with the question "does God really exist?" When we figure out one, we will figure out the latter. Why am I me, and not you? I asked this question a while back. You think I got a deffinitive answer?
2007-07-01 23:43:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a relatively new field and there are few with the doctorates needed to understand and and develop it . the question that comes to mind for me is can we program a robot to have awareness.
2007-07-02 00:18:29 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's not as clear how we learn through sensations and emotions...information is not knowledge.
Good luck!
2007-07-02 01:50:28 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its like our way of breathing that we just take it too much for granted that the only time we become aware of it is when we lost it.
2007-07-01 23:16:08 · answer #10 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋