What are some of the best books discussing human consciousness?

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2016-11-20 08:31:58 Post No. 8743022
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Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:31:58 Post No. 8743022 [Report]

What are some of the best books discussing human consciousness?

I was thinking about what makes us conscious and wondered if we would ever be able to upload ourselves to a virtual reality.

If we did, would it be a copy/paste where our current selves are left behind while our copies live on in virtual space? Or would it be a cut/paste, where we wake up in a new virtual world where everything is a simulation and you would never die from old age or health problems.

This shit is keeping me up at night, please send help. Surely someone has written about this.

Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:42:42 Post No.8743042
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>>8743022
>if we would ever be able to upload ourselves to a virtual reality.
Yes. Consider that audiovisual recordings are the earliest attempts at doing so. Our top scientists are trying to encode the other sensations as we speak.

>our current selves are left behind while (A)
>our copies live on in virtual space (B)
>we wake up in a new virtual world where everything is a simulation (Also B)

It is actually a duplication of consciousness. Your physical self (A.) continues living on, and eats, fucks, and gets heart disease.
You copied self (B.) is in the Matrix (sponsored by Youtube) and experiences whatever is encoded into the virtual world. Copied self B could also be uploaded into a physical body, which could act impersonate consciousness A, but will have diverged at the moment of copying.

Induced memories/amnesia make both modes of consciousness even more fluid, however, as conciousness A could be convinced, through sufficient Total Recall tech that it experienced something that did not happen in physical reality.

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>>8743022
My two favorites have been The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and I Am A Strange Loop.

TOoCitBotBM was more robust and profound. It was overall a better exploration and treatment of the author's ideas.

IAaSL was much more personal and I enjoy Hofstadter's style in general.

Hofstadter is much more directly related to your question though. He has written about that, but I forget where. I'd say look up his bibliography and try something that seems interesting.

Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:51:35 Post No.8743057
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Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:51:35 Post No.8743057 [Report]

Why are young people such a walking meme

Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:53:17 Post No.8743061
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Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:53:17 Post No.8743061 [Report]

>>8743057
I'm 39. I know that isn't old but I'm not some youngster. I have more free time and just played through Soma which explored this thought process a bit and it interested me. Is that so wrong?

Anonymous 2016-11-20 08:53:54 Post No.8743062
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