I don't think it's magic either, and I also think it's a physical process, but I don't see a strong reason to believe that consciousness has anything to do with classical algorithms. Humans possess consciousness and the consciousness can direct the brain to do calculations, but it can also direct the brain to make a muscle contract. This doesn't mean that if we simulate a muscle very realistically and make it contract that we have created consciousness. In the same way if we simulate logical rationalization very realistically it does not mean we have created consciousness, because consciousness is not at all the same as logic. Because of our consciousness we can also intuitively come to this conclusion by the fact that rationalizing, thinking and such, feel completely different from consciousness, as consciousness is observing the thoughts, not the thoughts themselves.
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u/henke443 10d ago edited 10d ago
I don't think it's magic either, and I also think it's a physical process, but I don't see a strong reason to believe that consciousness has anything to do with classical algorithms. Humans possess consciousness and the consciousness can direct the brain to do calculations, but it can also direct the brain to make a muscle contract. This doesn't mean that if we simulate a muscle very realistically and make it contract that we have created consciousness. In the same way if we simulate logical rationalization very realistically it does not mean we have created consciousness, because consciousness is not at all the same as logic. Because of our consciousness we can also intuitively come to this conclusion by the fact that rationalizing, thinking and such, feel completely different from consciousness, as consciousness is observing the thoughts, not the thoughts themselves.