>Scientists certainly know what
>"conscious" means in the same sense that we all do. But science
>doesn't know what "conscious" means, in the sense that there is no
>scientific account of consciousness. I'd say, in addition, that there
>cannot ever be such an account, because in order to be scientific
>it would have to be objective, while consciousness is intrinsically
>subjective.
I don't agree with the statement:
Consciousness is intrinsically subjective.
Perhaps you could clarify?
Never say never, especially about science. The hunger to
understand is strong.
>In other words, the only memes that can play a part in scientific
>theories are those that have a referent "out there", which the
>"consciousness" meme does not -- the part it plays in our
>memespheres is much more subtle than that.
I don't agree with the statement:
The "consciousness" meme does not have a referent "out there".
Perhaps you could clarify? I think this is related to the sentence
above.
Reed
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