Please help a retard. What does this guy mean when he says consciousness is an 'illusion'?
He's a fucking dipshit. Consciousness plainly exists. Some people equate consciousness with something like a soul, so he's probably attacking that straw man
>>7690905
Def A: Deterministic: unique solution to an initial value problem of a dynamical system
Def B: Universal Initial Value Problem: a system of differential equations and initial values that uniquely describes the universe
Def C: Free Will: some factor that allows for non-unique solutions to the universal initial value problem
Axiom A: the universe is deterministic
Lemma A: The universe is uniquely determined for all points in time: this follows from the definition of determinism
Def D: Consciousness is the state of possessing Free Will, i.e. Free Will exists in a system
Proof by Contradiction: Assume consciousness exists. Thus, Free Will implies that the Universal IVP may have multiple valid solutions. This contradicts Axiom A. Therefore, Consciousness does not exist. Ergo, it is an 'illusion' in the sense that some people believe it exists due to experience.
>it's just neurons lmfao
Fantastic theory.
>>7690905
"George Ivanovich Gurdjieff /ˈɡɜrdʒiˌɛf/ (January 13, 1866 – 1877? - October 29, 1949[1]), also commonly referred to as Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff and G. I. Gurdjieff, was an influential early 20th century Russian mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, and composer of Armenian and Greek descent.[2] Gurdjieff taught that most humans do not possess a unified mind-body consciousness and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. Gurdjieff described a method attempting to do so, calling the discipline "The Work"[3] (connoting "work on oneself") or "the Method"."
>>7690930
if you were really conscious, you wouldn't waste your time on a tajik cock-fighting board.
define consciousness
where does he say that?
>>7690905
It means he lived through the 60's.
>>7690940
>Axiom A: the universe is deterministic
>Lemma A: The universe is uniquely determined for all points in time: this follows from the definition of determinism
This is not only incorrect, we've know it to be incorrect since before almost anyone alive today was born.
>>7690940
>Def D: Consciousness is the state of possessing Free Will
Not according to Miriam Webster.
