259. Ogi Ogas — Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos
The Michael Shermer Show
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Consciousness and Language
The mind is not the sensory molecule. The mind is this constant interaction with the environment, which is generating new activity. So thinking about the mind in terms of that activity gives the best sense of what's actually going on in the mind. We get a little more baffled and confused and intimidated when we think about things like consciousness and language. But our definition says there is no distinction. There is no hard problem. Consciousness is also activity, at bottom, this loop of inputs into outputs. It's the same fundamental activity, just weigh more sophisticated,. way more complicated but it's the same thinking.
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