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Ol' Isaac got dibs on light and the laws of motion, so my goal for the quarantine is to figure out the hard problem of consciousness. Here's step 1. https://t.co/mFCp9IH8Bp
@yashkaf Ooh, definitely check out McGilchrist if you haven't already, both because he offers an important counterpoint to Jaynes & because while his theory doesn't comment much directly on the hard problem, it's definitely relevant 🧠 semi-thread here re JJ&IM 👇 https://t.co/u8IZb0PYdr
His theory suggests that the phenomena Jaynes describes are occurring for exactly the opposite of the reason Jaynes' posits—not a meeting of previously separate hemispheres, but an alienation between the hemispheres, which produces a self-consciousness towards the voices.
@Malcolm_Ocean Literally the plan for the book club is Jaynes and then McGilchrist. I made a note to check out your thread when we get to it, I don't want spoilers :) https://t.co/7qi2LVdmZ2
@yashkaf Another idea: I Am A Strange Loop by Hofstadter, which explores the question in great depth. Oddly, despite DH talking of self as illusion, he doesn't reference Buddhism at all, and when I looked it up, he's apparently got a beef with Zen & its koans 🤷♀️👇 https://t.co/gAJEnyItrb
@yashkaf Have now read the post. Seems like you're off to a decent start! Loved this: 🤣 > And perhaps it could only be achieved through a genius-level application of Cunningham’s Law. Jaynes’ conclusions are provocative, and if his arguments are wrong they are wrong in subtle [...] ways