The “hard problem” of consciousness. The paradox, the elusive, private nature of a brain’s conscious experience.
In recent years, with the development and spread of AI, the hard problem of consciousness has gained wider attention; but for the more observant, schizoid, thoughtful, philosophizing among us, the ontological absurdity of qualia has always been a central theme. I was asking myself these questions at the age of ten. What follows is a primer for those less versed in the subject.
The concept of the philosophical zombie[🡕], the hard problem of consciousness[🡕], David Chalmers[🡕]…
How do you explain consciousness? – David Chalmers[🡕]
What creates consciousness? @WorldScienceFestival, with David Chalmers and Anil Seth[🡕], including the thought experiment of Mary and the black-and-white world intended to explain qualia.
Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85[🡕]
«Nobody has the slightest idea how anything material could be conscious. Nobody even knows what it would be like to have the slightest idea about how anything material could be conscious.»
[…] I also want to remind you that the concept of “transcendence” has become the domain of various branches of investigation (philosophy, psychology, neurology). All three got stuck with too many cards once faced with the paradox of consciousness. There is no winner here […]
On circularity, about being observers who are themselves part of the observed system (IT): Carlo Rovelli: Perché l’Infinitamente grande si comporta come le particelle[🡕]