Consciousness is unquantifiable, a ghost in the machine, barely considered real at all, though in a sense this flickering mosaic of awareness is the only true reality that we can ever know.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Consciousness cannot be measured scientifically but it is the only reality we directly experience.
- In plain terms
- We can't measure awareness but it is all we truly know.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust your awareness as the primary reality you possess.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What if consciousness is emergent from physical processes?
- How do you define reality?
Another view
This view ignores evidence that brain states correlate strongly with conscious experiences.
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