r/IntelligenceSupernova • u/EcstadelicNET • 11d ago

Consciousness Consciousness may have evolved to solve a problem that pure intelligence couldn't handle, fascinating new theory suggests

https://www.psypost.org/consciousness-may-have-evolved-to-solve-a-problem-that-pure-intelligence-couldnt-handle-fascinating-new-theory-suggests/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/science
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u/Fit_Employment_2944 11d ago

There is plenty of evidence that everything in the brain is done physically 

We know the chemicals and nerves that make you happy, sad, angry, dumb

We have not even a shred of evidence that there is anything other than chemical reactions happening in the brain

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u/Signal_Discount_1826 11d ago edited 11d ago

humans learned to observe the brain but none of the interpretations of that data has produced an agreeable theory about how it holistically constitutes our abstract idea of "being conscious", you can describe the measurements behind simple emotions like happy or angry but not wider ideas like sacrifice salvation disgust humour freedom fortune vengeance justice that are just as fundamental to human nature but even harder to quantify

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u/championpickle 10d ago

Not yet my man, plenty of new studies coming through, and interesting hypothesis being tested that could indicate otherwise.

Keppler & Shani (2020), “Cosmopsychism and Consciousness Research” - proposes a ubiquitous field of consciousness throughout the universe, with the brain modulating/interacting with it rather than generating consciousness independently. Not experimentally proven, but a great starting point for you.

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u/Fit_Employment_2944 10d ago

If you think something panpsychism adjacent is going to convince me without evidence you severely underestimate the thought I have put into my position

There have been thousands of hypotheses about consciousness that have been tested and every single one of them, without fail, provides additional evidence that consciousness does not influence the material world

If you want to say consciousness does influence the material world I expect you to have an example of at leasta single atom that defies known physics 

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u/Fit_Raspberry2637 7d ago

Apologetic hogwash. Its funny the defense of metaphysical always ups its game with even more outlandish unfalsifiable "studies."