Meditations for 2024 (ii)

kaigani
Jan 4, 2024

ii.

Is One consciousness?
One becomes two
… is this consciousness?
Two becomes four
… is this consciousness?
Four becomes eight
… is this consciousness?
Eight becomes sixteen
… is this consciousness?
Sixteen becomes thirty-two
… is this consciousness?
Thirty-two becomes 64
… is this consciousness?
64 becomes many.
This — we say, is consciousness.

Commentary

I’d been thinking about the Sorites Paradox, and how this might apply to the hard problem of consciousness.

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