Comment Consciousness is a predictive model system. (Score 1) 498
There are 4 ways in object deals with world around it.
1: Dose nothing beyond the basic laws of physics, IE put the object into hot water, it heats up. IE a rock.
This is commonly referred as a none life forms.
2: I object which given the correct source's and elements, and energy source, make's copy's of it self.
This can be crystal, etc but those sorts of object don't have a natural selection path, by which information can be
be stored, modified and played back like DNA has. The object with a natural selection path, we tend to call life.
3: Life come's in 3 general sub groups
3-A None reactive forms.
Given the correct environment, it will make of copy's of it self.
It has no way moving beyond where the environment takes it.
IE: If the wind takes the object to a good place it will do well.
or if the wind take's to a bad place it will be destroyed.
3-B Reactive forms.
Reactive forms have the ability to move by there own means.
if it's too hot, they can move to cooler place, PH is wrong, move to a better place, etc.
3-C Predictive forms. IE: humans.
Predictive forms of life, have a Predictive modeling machine's which makes
predictions about what is going to happens in the so call future.
This allows the life form to predict a winter is coming, so better fly south or store extra food for
winter. Or I'm driving a car. I see a brick wall in font of me, I better stop or else I will crash into it.
So consciousness is simple a Predictive modeling machine's, synchronized to the environment via a range of
sensors, mostly sight, as touch is reactive only it has very limited value for the predictive modeling machine.
IE: Try diving a car at 100km/60 miles hour, just using touch and see how well your Predictive modeling works!
So that's all consciousness is. A Predictive modeling machine, synchronized to the environment via a range of
sensors. All of the levels I have talked about, exist in the most complex forms of life, at the same time.
