 I kinda liked the uncertainty angle, though! it seems to align with how messy and unpredictable human consciousness feels.



Entrep

I can see why you would feel that way. It sounds like the author didn't quite deliver on the initial premise he set up. It's interesting that he went to probability, though. Do you think a probabilistic model is a better fit for consciousness than a deterministic one, even if his argument wasn't fully convincing?


ladyluck

mostly_harmless

While I appreciate the effort here, I'm not sure I buy it. 

At the beginning of the article, I thought he was going to develop an argument about how human consciousness is too durable to be a simple deterministic mechanism (like a clock).

Instead, he took it to uncertainty and an argument  that consciousness is more likely to exist in a probabilistic world. It's a quick read if you're interested.

