[ExI] Science or Scientism?

[William Flynn Wallace]

Yes, of course we are limited, more than most people know, and maybe more
than anyone knows.  But we are conscious and we know that.  If you don't
like that word, use another, but there has to be some word for the
experience of it.  Problems of definition.  Problems locating it in the
brain.  But we know at our deepest level that we have it.  It may be the
most fundamental aspect of humans.  Will anyone dispute that?  (will get
back to you on the attached video tomorrow)

bill w

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 5:18 PM Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:

> Bill Wallace wrote:
>
> > I obviously don't have the math or philosophy background to understand
> > these things, but if reality shows me one thing and logic and math
> > another, I'll go with reality.
>
> But you are limited in your senses and can only directly sense a
> relatively small slice of reality. You cannot see UV light but a honeybee
> can. Reality looks very different to a honeybee than it does to you.
>
> Furthermore, you are not only limited by senses but by your brain as well.
>
> Your brain cannot process everything at once so it filters what you notice
> to that which has been important to your survival. This is demonstrated by
> such things as the Inattentional Blindness and other well documented
> effects.
>
> Through technology, you can extend the range your senses yes. Gathering
> data by  doing experiments will certainly help as would careful
> statistical analysis of the data and good data storage.
>
> > Consciousness is a physical reality with
> > which you can do experiments with testable hypotheses.
>
> Ok, here is time-lapse video footage of your test subject Mr.
> Psychologist. Watch its behavior and then get back to me on what you think
> its IQ is and why:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tmbeLTHC_0
>
> Stuart LaForge
>
>
>
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