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Is Information = Consciousness?
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:02 pm
by Idealism_Existence
Some scientists argue that information is equal to consciousness. Would you agree? And what is your definition of information and consciousness?
Is subjective experience just information or is phenomenal consciousness unexplainable?
Re: Is Information = Consciousness?
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:31 pm
by Starbuck
What knows the information?
Could Information just be the latest fancy term for the original (or perhaps even the modulated) excitations of primal awareness?
Re: Is Information = Consciousness?
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:22 am
by Mandibil
Information is a meta-conscious interpretation of experienced/cognitive aspects of consciousness, I would say
Re: Is Information = Consciousness?
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:34 pm
by SanteriSatama
Idealism_Existence wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:02 pm
Some scientists argue that information is equal to consciousness. Would you agree? And what is your definition of information and consciousness?
Is subjective experience just information or is phenomenal consciousness unexplainable?
These kinds of Information theories (Shannon information etc.) are quantitative math, and qualia are irreducible to quantification.
Etymologically word 'information' can be interpreted as a container of some sort having-creating forms as mental images.