Sometimes there is nothing as far as consciousness going on, like when you fall asleep. At that time you are not generated. If you are asleep but dreaming then the brain makes you exist but you don't care about the external world ( Read more... )

Wakingconsciousness is consciousness focusedoutwards.
Dreamingconsciousness is consciousness focusedinwards.

Hmm I don't like it. Can anyone make a better parallel?

Wow, my mind is absolutely reeling.

I just read the transcript of NOVA's Secrets of the Mind. You can download the episode video (but it will take a few days since it's downloading at below dial-up speed ( Read more... )

It’s extremely difficult for us to really understand what it means to make decisions that will have an impact on the next ten million years.

The Divinization of the Cosmos, an interview with Brian Swimme on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

I take illegal drugs for inspiration, by Dr. Susan Blackmore

Wow, Claire Forlani is so damn hot. Well, 10 years ago anyway.

Damn it all to hell, why am I unable to get past looks? I prize intelligence above all, but my carnal side completely overpowers that at every turn. I'm not even in control of my own thoughts - goddamn instincts piss me off ( Read more... )

How can you know whether you are a human being or just a sentient computer dreaming it is one?
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_in_a_vat

Before going to sleep one must look at one's hands and say to oneself: "Later, when I am dreaming, I will look at my hands and realise that I am dreaming." (source)I did some LD reading b4 bed last night, and came across that half-forgotten, powerful LD induction trick. And bam, not 30 minutes after going to sleep I had a LD (#229). Being ( Read more... )

The only thing that is free in this world are your thoughts.Came across this on a random quiz. I strongly agree with it. But, what's scary is that I don't see that being true in the future. I have a feeling technology will bring a time when our thoughts will be as visible to all as our face is ( Read more... )

-I need to get in the habit of realizing that if I'm asking myself whether I'm dreaming, then I am definitely dreaming ( Read more... )