Archive - Toward a Science of Consciousness

October 2024

The lost-in-thought state

A state of profound unconsciousness... but is it really?

Oct 31, 2024 •

How to recognize the lost-in-thought state

It can be noticed only by contrast

Oct 30, 2024 •

How Ramana Maharshi realized the Self

He simulated death and watched what happened to him. It may not sound like atma-vichara but the experience is the same.

Oct 29, 2024 •

Trapped in a dictionary

One of the consequences of the fact that AIs aren't conscious.

Oct 28, 2024 •

How the nervous system uses consciousness

You are a conscious interlock and an animal that gets hit with a stick

Oct 26, 2024 •

Here are my attempts to give precise definitions of some of the words I use on this blog.

Oct 26, 2024 •

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