"..consciousness as a ...schema of pattern-seeking behavior.."
"..Bor describes consciousness as a wildly successful schema of pattern-seeking behavior...We excel in what's called the chunking process, where humans identify and store grouped information. Through chunking, we compress a great deal of redundant information, isolating what's essential to store in the limited space of our working memory. "Consciousness and chunking allow us to turn the dull sludge of independent episodes in our lives into a shimmering, dense web, interlinked by all the myriad patterns we spot," Bor writes...
"Of course consciousness is a physical thing."
Immersed as he is in the physical structure of the brain, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Bor believes mental illness is best understood as a problem of consciousness.." from Our Patterns, Ourselves by David Wescott on " The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning"
"Of course consciousness is a physical thing."
Immersed as he is in the physical structure of the brain, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Bor believes mental illness is best understood as a problem of consciousness.." from Our Patterns, Ourselves by David Wescott on " The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning"