/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16043404
>>16043434
Are there not any peer reviewed studies on this??

I'm going to solve the hard problem of consciousness.

>>15579866

Everyone on this board likes to talk about how brainlets are a blight on humanity, but what about the opposite side of the spectrum? I'm wondering what is the biggest possible brain size that a creature can have? I think blue whales and elephants rank amongst the biggest. I've also read somewhere, but I forgot where, that there is a limit to brain size. Namely that after a certain size, the body just can't cool it, this is of course ignoring the issue of weight and calorie required. What I'm wondering is just how big can brains physically get?

I can form objects in my head and visualize them rotating and stuff, but I can't actually force myself to see those objects.
I guess if you literally saw the object that would be a hallucination, but I can focus and visualize the details of objects.
Can you make yourself literally see objects in front of you? I can imagine them, but they're not as real as things that are actually there.

>>12090457

21) How would the scientist go about then? He found all the orange blobs and what they represent as conscious experiences, how can he prove to us mortals that he actually solved the Hard Problem of Consciousness?

22) He could run a bunch of experiments, but those experiments would need empirical backing, each empirical data could be translated into a sum of experiences and since S is closed for addition we could represent the sum of empirical data as a point in S. Therefore we could translate his proof into Math-mind. So if he goes that route he would be trying to prove the consistency of his axioms using Math-mind itself. Can he do it?

23) Well, he could write a mathematical paper and publish, but again someone would need to read the thing. The act of reading is again a sum of sense-datum, thus just another point in S and again a formal statement in Math-mind. Again the genius dude would be trying to prove the consistency of his axiomatization of Math-mind using a Math-mind theorem. Could he do it?

24) Well, he could try to use a robot. But to check if the robot did not commit any mistake we would need a human. This again we would have the same problem.

25) The scientist, even being a genius, to solve the Hard Problem of consciousness would need to be able to prove the consistency of his axiomatization of Mind-Math by some method. But any method that involves conscious experience can be translated into a formal statement in math-mind, so he is trapped.

But why? Why is the problem so daunting to current neuro-scientists? Those guys are like super smart, I always like to talk to them, but why can't they solve the Hard Problem, even with super cool new technology?

The fitness landscape in wich the phenomena fight with each other for supremacy is the collective mind of all beings, the phenomena evolve by being perceived by mind, they heavily mutate all the time. Some of them have very long life cycles: Think about the sun, we encounter the sun every day, but we also stay like 12 hours without it, it's reproductive cycle takes 12 hours for our individual minds, but in the collective environment of many minds it is always alive. If you want to really understand what the fitness landscape for phenomena looks like you need to think about the GigaBrain:

The Gigabrain sees the world from the first person perspective of all sensing entities simultaneously, the world in wich the phenomena evolve is the mind of the GigaBrain. That's how the universe achieved such complexity, because this mechanism of evolution is ultra-fast, most phenomena are more like bacteria than human. Others are very K-select like the Haley commet.

>>11948525
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>in essence

Examples:
36 lectures in biology - bio
Feynman lectures - phys
The loom of language - lang
How music works - mu
The art of electronics - tesla
Looking similar books on STEM and humanities field.

Pic related. I don't feel like wasting my money until I'm rich.

If I had to guess just from my experiences and shit, I'd say 95% confidence that it's between 130-150.