How working memory could give rise to consciousness

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

lambdaone wrote: post #9

d00d0ff000 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The physical nervous system is one map, and the consciousness the “moment of continuity” (like a “moment of force” in physical systems). The memory (learned inference) is another map. Consciousness animates and iteratively influences in between. You can fantasize that you are an owl or a bat, doing so well enough can be quite convincing. Remember, wings are arms and hands (look at a skeletal picture, you will see wha…

I think you'd have great difficulty in doing either, as you are imagining what you think it might be like to be one of these animals are are almost certainly unable to encompass what they might feel it to be like; the case of bats is literally the subject of Thomas Nagel's What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

Post by PaulDavisThe1st » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC

d00d0ff000 wrote: post #3

It does not. Consciousness is the echo chamber of the quantum domain, temporally propagating through cognitive technology. Memory and temporal propagation (awareness) give consciousness something to do, which makes it topically interesting and addressable. The quantum domain has a tremendous information density which scales through entanglement (by the tens of thousands or even millions in our neurons) allowing the u…

Post by SubiculumCode » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC

albertize wrote: post #8

In this article, the concept of working memory accounts for not consciousness but the accessibility, stability and reportability of certain contents. For example, when I am reading very carefully, I may not be concentrating on the ambient sounds, my bodily position, my peripheral vision, and the environment of the room. These contents may not have to be retained in working memory in any way as relevant information fo…

Post by zulux » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 3:39 PM UTC

therobots927 wrote: post #10

d00d0ff000 wrote: post #3

It does not. Consciousness is the echo chamber of the quantum domain, temporally propagating through cognitive technology. Memory and temporal propagation (awareness) give consciousness something to do, which makes it topically interesting and addressable. The quantum domain has a tremendous information density which scales through entanglement (by the tens of thousands or even millions in our neurons) allowing the u…

Very interesting. Do you have any links to material along these lines?

Post by mellosouls » Sat, Jul 04, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC