First, any other theory why consciousness? — Zelebg
As for why pain needs to be unpleasant rather than just a signal to the brain, I suggest that if it were merely a signal it could be ignored, like spam in one's inbox, to the detriment of the survival of the organism.
As for why pain needs to be unpleasant rather than just a signal to the brain, I suggest that if it were merely a signal it could be ignored, like spam in one's inbox, to the detriment of the survival of the organism. — A Seagull
I feel there might be some truth there, but if it's all just about computation, then much simpler solution is to simply flag signals by priority, just like PC. — Zelebg
Can you prove that or are you just guessing? — A Seagull
Second, this all makes sense, except I do not see why that or whatever functionality necessarily requires to be accompanied by the subjective experience or qualia. Why the need to actually suffer the pain, why it needs to hurt instead of just having an information about 'pain signal'? Why need to feel unpleasant fear instead of simply get 'fear signal' and 'compute' how to avoid the 'pain signal' without actually feeling or being conscious of anything? — Zelebg
Since Consciousness of Qualia is not necessary for physical evolution, I assume it was a requirement for Cultural Evolution to mysteriously emerge from Material Development . But what adaptive purpose does conscious experience serve, if as Materialists assume, we are all Zombie Automatons?First, any other theory why consciousness? Second, this all makes sense, except I do not see why that or whatever functionality necessarily requires to be accompanied by the subjective experience or qualia. — Zelebg
The pain evaluation part is an extra and unnecessary step as far as objective behavior goes. It actually slows reaction time. What's the point?
In any case, suffering of the pain may just be a side effect. The purpose of qualia I expect to find in functions like intention and imagination, something along those lines, something that can not be computed, for some reason. — Zelebg
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