The howl of the bedside clock-radio carves through your dreams like a buzz-saw through butter, and you are awake.
Finally, Making It All Work A must-read for the curious-minded, which you are, are you not? So read on....
The Good, the Bad and the Choosy 9.
Evolution and Free Will 8.
Qualia, the Possible and a Particular 7.
This See, Is the Conscious Bit 6.
As Time Goes By (A Kiss Is Just a Kiss) 5.
How Do You Explain Anything? 4.
Life Is a Comic Strip 3.
A Poodle Ate My Homework 2.
Table of Contents Introduction 1.
Science and philosophy demand nothing less.
This is a workable, testable theory.
So in this text, first I set the scene: Did our Consciousness evolve? Does Consciousness give us Free will? Which animals do we think are conscious? Where does Consciousness go when we sleep? How does Consciousness deliver meaning? What might a theory of Consciousness look like? Then I propose: A model for Consciousness at the macro scale A mechanism for Consciousness at the micro scale Finally, I suggest some real world tests that science Will one day be able to perform which Will either corroborate or invalidate the theory I present here.
But conscious? What even is that? A good question is what that is, and a question for which this book has an answer .
You stay healthy and keep your body going as best you can.
But what is it to be alive, and conscious? Alive, we have some inkling of; you eat, you sleep, you exercise.
Oh, what it is to be alive!--and conscious-- oh oh oh, indeed .
Massage your neck.
You rub your face.
Gah! You roll onto your side, cantilever your legs over the side of the bed and plant your feet squarely on the carpet.
Never Mind the bright yellow sunlight that flecks your pillow and warms your face; you are rudely awake, and resent it.
In another place.
The howl of the bedside clock-radio carves through your dreams like a buzz-saw through butter, and you are awake
