#consciousness-quotes

[thepersonalwords]

Say, there is a book written by Tolstoy sitting right there on the table. To our unique human consciousness, the reality of the papers in the book, is infinitely different from the valuable literature that they possess. For the kind of consciousness possessed by the bug which eats those papers, literature is non-existent, yet for the Human Consciousness, literature has a greater value of truth than the papers themselves.

Abhijit Naskar, What is Mind?

[quotelr]

Genes come together to construct a magnificent life-form, while neurons come together to form our Illusion of Consciousness.

Abhijit Naskar, What is Mind?

[mournfulroses]

Susan Sontag, from a diary entry featured in As Consciousness Is Harnessed To Flesh: Journals & Notebooks, 1964 - 1980

[cosmicportal]

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[noosphe-re]

"There was an exchange on Twitter a while back where someone said, ‘What is artificial intelligence?' And someone else said, 'A poor choice of words in 1954'," he says. "And, you know, they’re right. I think that if we had chosen a different phrase for it, back in the '50s, we might have avoided a lot of the confusion that we're having now." So if he had to invent a term, what would it be? His answer is instant: applied statistics. "It's genuinely amazing that...these sorts of things can be extracted from a statistical analysis of a large body of text," he says. But, in his view, that doesn't make the tools intelligent. Applied statistics is a far more precise descriptor, "but no one wants to use that term, because it's not as sexy".

'The machines we have now are not conscious', Lunch with the FT, Ted Chiang, by Madhumita Murgia, 3 June/4 June 2023

[mymercyprevailss]

"you spoke it into existence"

"i always do"

[euphorictruths]

Conscious Blossoms- Madi Arteaga

[misanthrxpic]

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”

― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

[thepersonalwords]

All our sentiments - religious, romantic or any other - are born in the neurons.

Abhijit Naskar, Neurons of Jesus: Mind of A Teacher, Spouse & Thinker

[potato-lord-but-not]

in my wtnv era 10 years too late but uhhhh trying to figure out how to draw the guy nonetheless

[shisasan]

Jungian Dream Interpretation: A Handbook of Theory and Practice by James A. Hall First published: January 1, 1983

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[urloveangel]

[thepersonalquotes]

Even the most aware of us do not realize the infinite power we possess or the magnitude of the ability we have to create, transmute, and transcend.

Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace

[universetalkz]

The ego has a negativity bias-

“It tends to focus on what is missing rather than celebrating what you already have. When we do not understand this nature of the ego mind we are always hungry for more, never truly enjoying what we have already accomplished. Learn to appreciate where you are and through that you will snap out of the ego’s grip. Seeking more without focusing on what you already have will always leave you feeling like you have nothing. Always be grateful.”

~Pawan Nair | The Higher Self