Question

[Zeuzzz]

What is consciousness?

Go.

[UncaYimmy]

Do you want the philosophy answer are the medical answer? After all, this is the Science and Medicine.

[Zeuzzz]

Dunno. Just wanted to see how many different answers people gave really :D

Go... take2

[arthwollipot]

I am consciousness.

[gregthehammer]

i'll bite on this one...
consciousness is the state of being alert/awake and able to interact with your surroundings.
i claim to be neither a philosopher or medical professional but in my professional opinion my definition can apply to both medical and philosophical usage. :D

[Hokulele]

What is consciousness?


What happens after coffee.

[jasonpatterson]

Answer.

[macdoc]

A neural net able to interact with it's environment.

about as vague as the question...but it happens to coincide with my stance on the issue.

Leonard is conscious - watch the video at the end.

http://www.slashgear.com/mits-furry-robot-is-capable-of-human-learning-235400/

[lionking]

Here we go Philosophy 101 yet again.

[Iconoclast08]

Ask Malerin.

But only if you're thinking of him.

Because otherwise, he doesn't exist.

....................... :p

[Dave Rogers]

An emergent behaviour of a complex assembly of neurons. Probably.

Dave

[Tapio]

Happyhouse. PLease leave the forums, if your only agenda is advertising a product.

[paximperium]

Happyhouse. PLease leave the forums, if your only agenda is advertising a product.
I find it amusing that a woo would adverstise garbage in a skeptics site.

[Dancing David]

What is consciousness?

Go.

Consciousness is a description of a complex and poorly defined set of behaviors. I think that it is not meaningful without the context of defintion as in 'levels of consciousness'=awareness/arousal.

[paximperium]

Happyhouse. PLease leave the forums, if your only agenda is advertising a product.
Happyhouse has left the building.

[Ocelot]

I am consciousness.

No! I'm conciousness!

[Molinaro]

Consciousness is the property expressed by systems complex enough to be aware of their own consciousness.
If that seems like circular reasoning to you, then you have just demonstrated consciousness. :)

[Dancing David]

Consciousness is the property expressed by systems complex enough to be aware of their own consciousness.
If that seems like circular reasoning to you, then you have just demonstrated consciousness. :)

And qualia.

[Tapio]

Happyhouse has left the building.

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