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Is your mind just a parasite on your physical body? | Blindsight novel by Peter Watts (bigthink.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ekZepp to c/horrorlit

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22134494

Blindsight is a unique kind of first-contact novel. Its focus is not on humanity’s first meeting with an alien civilization, but rather that this civilization is highly intelligent, yet lacks consciousness.

What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?

What if there is nothing special about self-awareness?

What if it is just evolutionary dead weight, bound to disappear soon?

The idea rests on machine metaphors for life and mind, which strike this columnist as profoundly mistaken.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight

Blindsight Sci-fi Short Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkR2hnXR0SM

The Horrible Truth About Consciousness | Blindsight

Is your mind just a parasite on your physical body? | Blindsight novel by Peter Watts (bigthink.com)

submitted 5 days ago by ekZepp to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink

Blindsight is a unique kind of first-contact novel. Its focus is not on humanity’s first meeting with an alien civilization, but rather that this civilization is highly intelligent, yet lacks consciousness.

What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
What if there is nothing special about self-awareness?
What if it is just evolutionary dead weight, bound to disappear soon?

The idea rests on machine metaphors for life and mind, which strike this columnist as profoundly mistaken.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight

Blindsight Sci-fi Short Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkR2hnXR0SM

The Horrible Truth About Consciousness | Blindsight