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I take internal representation to be an aspect of "embodiment", which you could also call the experience of being in the first person. If some idea is being represented internally,…

"There has got to be some internal representation of what you percieve." I don't think this is necessarily true. It seems to me like the universe would get on exactly the same with…

This is such a monumental subject lol. I keep returning to this trying to come up with some kind of adequate response but it's like I'm standing at the base of a mountain and I can…

In your first comment you proposed that, "Either consciousness is something composed of information processing, or it is something inherent to the universe that has some evolutiona…

I've heard consciousness described as "the felt presence of immediate experience," which I've found to be an excellent description of the experience of being embodied in the world …

The world's first synthetic plastic was invented in 1907, and the field has since expanded to include a wide range of variant materials that have permeated nearly every aspect of o…

Imagine an interview with a great painter. The painter is asked about the nature of painting and he responds that when he sets out to work in his studio and his brush strokes a can…

As a side note since this discussion is related to Russell and his brilliant contributions, I think a similar discussion can be had regarding Russell's contemporary and co-author A…

This article is really interesting and I love the insight provided about pigment layering to achieve remarkable effects, however I think what the title says is totally wrong. Paint…

I'm surprised no one has mentioned China here. I was recently able to travel to China for the first time and was fascinated to learn about their housing market. Apparently the Chin…

I loved reading this! 'Before the internet' pretty much coincides with 'when I was a kid' for me. I would love to hear 'before the internet' memories from people who were adults be…

Nature/the world is what is being described. QM, thermo, fluid dynamics, signal processing, information theory, probability, etc.. are descriptions which have been devised to depic…

Interesting title, and I will have to dip into the book when I have some spare time, but statements like "the world is built on probability" always sound strange to me. Is it that …

I really like this distinction between necessity and decision. It's a great philosophic contrast that inspires further thought, but to ascribe necessity or decision to something so…

Then sound is space that you can hear. Both are interesting ways of framing space and the senses, but I'm not sure what you mean by "only". To reduce space to "only noise", in my u…

Hey HN, I'm a Westerner currently volunteering at a school in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. The age of the students I am working with ranges from about 10-14. The school has very…

I recently finished Galápagos and was blown away. A story about how a few people unknowingly manage to escape humanity's demise by getting stranded on the Galápagos Islands, and th…

John Oliver made it pretty clear in his street interviews that people were unanimously uncomfortable with the US government collecting and storing dick pics. While I have not read …

I totally disagree that the tone of that comment sums up the article in the slightest. While the article makes it clear that Powell now regrets authoring The Anarchist Cookbook, it…

This was a very fun story to go through! I wonder if this format could be used as an effective way of structuring lessons in school. Each juncture that requires a choice to be made…

Gibbons' actions are extremely selfish in my opinion. I know someone who used to work behind the cash registers of gas stations in North Houston. He has been robbed and held at gun…