TITLE:
Implications of rare neurological disorders and perceptual errors in natural and synthetic consciousness
AUTHORS:
Allen D. Allen
KEYWORDS:
Human Brain; Consciousness; Artificial Consciousness; Clinical Neurology; Fractal Cortex; Perceptual Errors; Neurological Time; Emotional Precognition; Artificial Sociopath; Quantum Mechanical Measurement
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Neuroscience,
Vol.3 No.4,
September
18,
2013
ABSTRACT: Recent theories on natural and synthetic consciousness
overlook the geometric structure necessary for awareness of 3-dimensional
space, as strikingly illustrated by left-neglect disorder. Furthermore, awareness
of 3-dimensional space entails some surprisingly tenacious optical illusions,
as demonstrated by an experiment in the text. Awareness of linear time is also
crucial and complex. As a consequence, synthetic consciousness cannot be
realized by simply intercomnecting a large number of electronic circuits constructed
from ordinary chips and transistors. Since consciousness is a subjective
experience, there is no sufficient condition for consciousness that can be experimentally
confirmed. The most we can hope for is agreement on the necessary conditions
for consciousness. Toward that end, this paper reviews some relevant clinical
phenomena.