What? You finally figured out "I think, therefore I am," sort of? It's about time.
I'm perfectly happy to consider myself to be a ghost, or observer, or whatever you want to call it. I can't objectively measure/detect/verify the existence of *any other* consciousness. I agree with Matt that far -- but no farther. The existence of *a* consciousness, the one that I refer to as "me," is an empirical fact. It's not a "religious" idea because there is no element of faith about it; I know it by direct observation. I can't be sure if there are other observers, other experience streams, in the universe ... without access to them, how would I know? ... but I guarantee that this *one* is real. And it seems to be connected to my body/machine, because when my body enters a dreamless sleep, the experience stream is interrupted. It doesn't shut off when anyone else's body is sleeping. Weird. Go on: try it. Believe in at least one ghost. Then you won't have to tie yourself in knots wondering why you think the universe exists. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T251f13454e6192d4-M2d2b2e3971bb1e4c502a22eb Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
