I think that we something important here.
The central role of cognition which is the leading task of our physical brain is to label what is perceived. It may not do much else at all and may not need to do much else although i really think otherwise.
Add in the equally important aspect of decisions been made on the basis of emotional loading and it all hangs together. thus our cognitive mind lables and chooses whether it likes or not. Actual processing is then apl;lied to changing that position which makes for great efficiency.
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What Is Consciousness? Stanford Professor Emeritus Explains
By Tara MacIsaac, Epoch Times | June 3, 2015
Last Updated: June 3, 2015 1:04 pm
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1378897-what-is-consciousness-stanford-professor-emeritus-explains/
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The universe is full of mysteries that challenge our current
knowledge. In "Beyond Science" Epoch Times collects stories about these
strange phenomena to stimulate the imagination and open up previously
undreamed of possibilities. Are they true? You decide.
Dr.
William Tiller thinks the superficial dictionary definition of
consciousness is insufficient. It is more than simply “the quality or
state of being aware or awake.”
“This definition seems so bland and insignificant for something that
we all intuitively know to be extremely important to humankind,” wrote
Dr. Tiller, professor emeritus at Stanford University’s Department of
Materials Science, in his paper “What is Human Consciousness and How Do We Significantly Increase Its Magnitude in Our World?” published on his website in February.
“This definition
seems so bland and insignificant for something that we all intuitively
know to be extremely important to humankind.”
Meaningful Information
Dr. Tor Nørretranders, an adjunct professor of the Philosophy of
Science at Copenhagen Business School, has estimated that the human
unconscious can process millions of times more information bits than the
conscious mind. It seems then, said Dr. Tiller, that the unconscious
creates “small kernels of prepared information to send to the conscious
mind.
“However, it appears to do so only if the conscious mind has
previously given meaning to that topic. If the conscious mind has not
given serious meaning to that topic, such information kernels appear to
be ‘dumped’ by the human unconscious mind … this suggests that giving
meaning to specific information is a very important aspect of/to
materialized change in human consciousness.”
“Giving meaning to specific information is a very important aspect of/to materialized change in human consciousness.”
Even more important, postulated Tiller, is that information be incorporated into the structure of one’s “self.”
When we incorporate information into our sense of “self,” we create a
change in negative entropy in our world. Entropy is commonly understood
as a measure of disorder. So negative entropy may be understood as the
creation of order. We help the world become more ordered by incorporating information we deem meaningful into the structure of our sense of “self.”
Humanity Is Like a Box of Molecules
Dr. Tiller compared humanity to a box of gas molecules. The
distribution of energies among the molecules is an analogy for the
distribution of consciousness between humans.
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“No matter what arbitrary change we make in the distribution of
molecules, when the system is allowed to relax, it quickly recovers its
equilibrium statistical distribution of energies,” he wrote.
“This does not mean that things are static—far from it. Any
particular molecule exchanges energy in each collision it makes with the
other molecules and moves up or down the scale of energy … if one
molecule gains energy by the interaction, the other loses an equal
amount of energy.”
“If one molecule gains energy by the interaction, the other loses an equal amount of energy.”
Single molecules change energy quickly with time, but the energy of
the total ensemble may not change with time. Similarly, Dr. Tiller looks
at the total ensemble of humans rather than growth or loss of
consciousness on an individual level.
But in the humanity “box,” consciousness can increase or decrease
depending on how we interact with each other. Increasing consciousness
across humanity as a whole is like adding heat to the box.
How to Increase Consciousness
“When one human entity meaningfully interacts and communicates with
another, new information is exchanged and additional consciousness may
be created,” Dr. Tiller wrote.
If meaningful communication leads to growth, forgetfulness leads to a decay of consciousness in this system of humanity.
“That which I do reflects your growth and that which you do reflects mine.”
Dr. Tiller wrote: “One part of the system is dependent upon the
others and collectively we form a species. The important thing to
remember is that all members of the ensemble are part of the One—the
whole system is ourselves. In part, I am you and you are me. That which I
do reflects your growth and that which you do reflects mine.”
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