i find it very hard to imagine if we if somebody claimed to have a a good theory of consciousness and i 00:29:43 were to ask them okay well what is the prediction of your theory in this particular case i don't know what the format of the answer looks like because numbers and the typical things we get don't do the trick they you know they're sort of third person descriptions
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- Michael does not know what the format of the answer to the hard problem would be
- Attempting to explain the experience of consciousness begs the question
- what is explanation?
- The explanation often attempts to rely on measurable 3rd party observations and the scientific theories and models behind those observations
- However, as Michel Bitbol points out, the models themselves emerge from the same awareness of consciousness
- In spiritual teachings, it is often claimed that the observer is actually an expression of the universe that see's itself
- Seeing itself - what does this mean in scientific terms? Could it mean resonance, like the kind used by musicians to tune string instruments like guitars?
- Do all the patterns that we sense become sensible precisely because they are all an intrinsic part of us, and vice versa?