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>Also no, it's not enough, mostly depending on the definition of consciousness, which I'm sure we won't be able to agree on.
When I say "consciousness," I mean the environment in which images, sounds, smells, tastes and ideas exist. As well as pain and pleasure.
Here. Now that you have my definition and can understand the meaning behind my words.
And if you believe that people should use some other definition for this term, that's fine, but irrelevant.
>Is it awareness? Or thought?
When you encounter some problem, when this problem appears inside your consciousness as an idea, and you wish to know the solution.
Something invisible, but measurable, starts flowing inside your brain. Then, after some time, the solution appears inside your consciousness. As an idea.
This invisible thing is what I mean when I talk about energy born from and bound to your consciousness.
After making a wish to know the solution, you can't see what this energy does; you can only wait and hope it succeeds.
When there is too much energy, it becomes stressful, and every sensation that forms inside your consciousness at the time becomes unpleasant.
>And where do concepts like anger and greed come in?
When you crave something, the amount of energy bound to your consciousness keeps growing and makes every sensation inside your consciousness less pleasant. Then, when, striving to escape the pain, you focus on achieving what you desire, all other desires get temporarily suppressed, and the pain lessens a little. And when you finally achieve the goal, all remaining energy dissipates, and you return to the initial pleasant state.
Pleasure is relative.
And so, you perceive that whatever you got is relatively pleasant and that striving to achieve it is relatively pleasant. And you foolishly make a wish. And this thing becomes desirable. Recreating the cycle again and again.
>Don't even try to tell me that we're all just i/o machines because that (imo) is actually laughable.
I'm agnostic in regard to randomness nowadays.
>Somebody should post the g.d. webster def for consciousness, maybe we can stop bs'ing and level up into discourse. Or at least research
It's not really a problem when each researcher can just provide their own definition of consciousness and be understood. Arguments about definitions are mostly used to suppress certain knowledge, I think... Is often done for religious reasons?