Re: Evolution of consciousness

  Mark Isaak wrote:

My views on the evolution of consciousness are starting to gel.
 1. Rudimentary nervous systems evolve.
2. Brains evolve, capable of memory and of decisions other than reflex.
3. Those decisions probably work better if the brain has a model of the world to work with. So such a model evolves.
4. Some creatures live socially. Their brains need a model of that important aspect of the world: the fellow beings one lives with, including how they think.
5. So we've now got a model of minds. How about if we apply it to *our own mind*? That might make our thinking about interactions with others' minds more efficient.
6. Viola! Consciousness!
 Does that make sense to people?

At the present, I favor the "Quantum Mind" hypothesis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mind
I realize this shit is as much of more philosophy as it is
science, but that works both ways. There is no "Explanation"
for consciousness which is actual science.
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