Week 4 Post 10

"To say my consciousness is merely the result of a bundle of neurons is neither enlightening nor useful. What we really want to know is how such a set of tiny physical on and off points could produce self reflective awareness. This is a technical problem, not a philosophical one." I feel that this is really the entire essay in a small group of sentences. This is the main problem that I have with this idea of consciousness being just a bunch of neurons is that I don't want to believe that.

The main thesis here is that it is very difficult for one to study consciousness because there are certain parts of consciousness that only applies to the individual. The sound grenade gives an excellent example of just that. It would be difficult for some people to study the sound grenade app or the sound waves given off, because they cannot hear it for themselves. It is very difficult to study consciousness and things above that such as the manifestation of Gods in dreams and visions because most people simply do not see that. That is why further studies must be done on the actual brain. However it is very difficult to study things like neurons because as Dr. Edelman pointed out in his lecture, neurons are unique to each individual, including twins. So it is incredibly difficult to study and test theories on this idea of consciousness because there is no status quo.