Ask A Genius 281 – A-Atheist (3)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner
Publication (Outlet/Website): Ask A Genius
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2017/09/05
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Rick Rosner: When information is being processed in a particular way you get consciousness and a confluence information is being shared among the various process and systems of the brain in such a way is to maximize the potential helpful contribution from each analytic system in the brain and from systems in the brain that help you retrieve relevant memories that efficient use of processing is consciousness.
That widespread sharing which is an efficient way to address novelty in one’s moment to moment life feels like consciousness. This book that I keep bringing up, ‘How emotions are made’ by Lisa Barrett says that the brain is a predictor and a simulator and from moment to moment the brain sets us up to best predict what is going to happen and to take appropriate actions when simulating the outside the world and also our inside world.
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