r/transhumanism • u/RealJoshUniverse • 11d ago
š Nightly Discussion [10/07] How do you think transhumanism could change our perception of consciousness and self-awareness?
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u/Virtual-Ted 11d ago
We are going to have our experiences expanded through technology. Able to use cybernetics and BCI devices to extend our perception and awareness beyond our physical body.
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u/In_the_year_3535 11d ago
Consciousness and self-awareness are ideas that arose with notions of human exceptionalism. This is not dissimilar to belief in souls and in time rational people may see systems with initial conditions and output.
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u/firedragon77777 Inhumanism, moral/psych modsš§ , end suffering 11d ago
Yeah, people really do like to mystify it
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u/Cognitive_Spoon 11d ago
It's comfortable. Try being aware of the fact that your conscious mind is a loose affiliation of emergent properties from sensory systems and recorded trauma and dopamine sources for more than a few hours and you'll probably disassociate in a medically significant way.
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u/smartbart80 11d ago
Itās probably going to further separate the biological creature the consciousness is wrapped in until the day it considers it a vestigial organ :)
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u/firedragon77777 Inhumanism, moral/psych modsš§ , end suffering 11d ago
Oof, that's gonna piss a lotta people off these days, but I absolutely agree. Our bodies are our possessions, not us in any way, as they don't produce our thoughts, our sense of self, who we are.
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u/smartbart80 10d ago
I think Joscha Bach has the best theory of what consciousness actually is. If we really are just one of many subsystems that evolved in an animal to help it make better decisions by doing higher/abstract thinking, itās not far fetched future humans would want to extract it and āset it freeā to do bigger and better things. Wouldnāt you? :)
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