Dezhi Luo
@carrot0817.bsky.social
cogsci, biopsych & ling major @UMich. prev. @UCL @Edin. interested in consciousness, the self, emotion, language, philosophy & theories of AI
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I’m not saying we should ignore the biological details. I think the details matter a lot for implementing the right functions. But if you think biology matters beyond that, just give me a *biological* property that reliably distinguishes conscious from unconscious states.
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I’m not saying we should ignore the biological details. I think the details matter a lot for implementing the right functions. But if you think biology matters beyond that, just give me a *biological* property that reliably distinguishes conscious from unconscious states.
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a possibility is *very* different from scientific evidence. the claim to having scientific evidence means the burden of proof is on the claimer to eliminate alternative explanations
sure, if u breach that common standard in science u can raise possibilities for all sorts of stuff out of data
cf -
sure, if u breach that common standard in science u can raise possibilities for all sorts of stuff out of data
cf -
so i do doubt the conclusions of the Neider et al study. but even they did not make such strong claims as having shown *phenomenal* consciousness. in fact, unlike your Declaration, they were far more careful about this -
May 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
a possibility is *very* different from scientific evidence. the claim to having scientific evidence means the burden of proof is on the claimer to eliminate alternative explanations
sure, if u breach that common standard in science u can raise possibilities for all sorts of stuff out of data
cf -
sure, if u breach that common standard in science u can raise possibilities for all sorts of stuff out of data
cf -
I started that book on a plane a couple of months ago and finished it today. To me it felt like "mind crack" in much of the way that Godel, Escher, Bach felt like "mind candy", if that makes sense.
May 6, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I started that book on a plane a couple of months ago and finished it today. To me it felt like "mind crack" in much of the way that Godel, Escher, Bach felt like "mind candy", if that makes sense.
🤯 I used the exact same graph in my presentation on consciousness for my complex systems class!
March 6, 2024 at 11:01 PM
🤯 I used the exact same graph in my presentation on consciousness for my complex systems class!