[RoosterRedux]

Scientists talking about consciousness in the brain are like folks taking apart a radio to look for the talking voices inside—a super dumb paradigm.

Love that analogy. Brilliant.

I will check out those podcasts.

I have been studying consciousness for a long time now and would agree with your points.

I still recommend Julian Jaynes "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" as a wonderful discussion on how to think about the incomprehensible nature of consciousness. We are akin to intestinal bacteria trying to understand the human in whose intestines we live.

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Goa’uld?

[cgbg]

I read Jaynes a long time ago—enjoyed it.

The “radio” analogy is one that I heard from Terence McKenna.

While folks tend to focus on his interest in drugs, it is his discussion of philosophical issues that blows me away—the guy was far ahead of his time—and imho will be a name people will remember a thousand years from now—if we survive—like a Plato or Aristotle—that kind of brilliant.

For those unfamiliar with McKenna his best UFO discussion—with gives a lot of his philosophical views—is this one:

https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-261-the-definitive-ufo-tape/