Lorraine Ford
Still now, after all this time, after years of discussion and books and articles, people CAN’T get their heads round what they even MEAN by the word “CONSCIOUSNESS”!
I think it would be a good start for people to be able to say, in a couple of sentences as opposed to a book, what they even mean by the word “consciousness”, what are the essential aspects of consciousness. After all, consciousness is their all-day everyday experience.
But they can’t do it.
How can people continue to talk about consciousness, while flailing in the dark, not even able to verbally express what they are actually supposed to be talking about??
How can people have theories about consciousness if they can’t even say what they mean by the word “consciousness”. E.g. how can people claim that consciousness originates at the quantum level in microtubules, if they can’t even say what they mean by the word “consciousness”?
If people were able to describe, in a couple of sentences as opposed to a book, the essential aspects of consciousness, it would be a good start.
And in that regard, I think that people should stop focusing on the superficial aspects of how consciousness presents itself (i.e. consciousness sometimes presents as colours, feelings and emotions), and instead, focus on the substantial issue of the function of consciousness, i.e. why consciousness exists and persists.