Philosophical Speculations

@electricshephard let's say we take it literally (i don't). If we assume we are base reality and Mario in Super Mario is a being within a simulation (one level below base) - he can explain his reality in terms of our computer program (if he could learn about it) and/or the electrical signals on the...

Hi everyone, I watched this AMA with Bernardo. I have the utmost respect for Bernardo and his work but I struggle to make sense of some of his answers. Specifically, he is asked about the simulation hypothesis (link should point to the correct timestamp): https://youtu.be/LqJ1189lHJk?t=1732 1. He d...

Did anyone here actually edit: read really understand the article? Well, I read it but can't claim I followed all the math. But I think it's basically a math proof of Chalmers proposal that the states of conscious experience (qualia) are irreducible and indescribable by physical theories. This pape...

Did anyone here actually edit:readreally understand the article?

If a tree falls in the forest and no-one is around to hear it; what are it's pronouns?

priceless.

Here's another one: Max Planck.

Link to review in wired:
https://www.wired.com/story/sexy-new-t ... you-feels/
I only browsed it quickly so ... Who knows...

* Suggests emotions as ontic prime?
* Markov blankets are mentioned as the mechanism for separating 'inside' and 'outside'

That's exactly what Ashvin's post above is about Ok. Cool. We're on the same page. Now let's dig in. "Am I free to work in such a direction that I can overcome my conditioning and thus become more and more free?". Let's say your answer is Yes. Then, specifically, which part of your mental...

I think a better question than "do we have free will" is "to which extent do we have free will?".

Am I, as an example, free to direct my attention where I please?

This freedom that may or may not exist, how would it manifest if it did exist?