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jaybatson's review
4.0
Actually, 4.5 stars.
Super interesting take on the question of "what is consciousness". The author does a terrific job of separating out various elements of the actions in our nervous system (though he doesn't use that term), giving us language to use to create useful distinctions. By creating those distinctions, he re-assembles them in a way to (mostly) make a case of what consciousness - the X factor - is, how it is operating, and how it arose.
He is careful not to say his hypothesis is "the answer"; there are a few leaps of imagination required to accept it, and he's not immune to the need for these ideas to be battered - to see if they stand up under scrutiny.
But all in all, he's made an interesting case. I'll likely go read it again - just not immediately.
Super interesting take on the question of "what is consciousness". The author does a terrific job of separating out various elements of the actions in our nervous system (though he doesn't use that term), giving us language to use to create useful distinctions. By creating those distinctions, he re-assembles them in a way to (mostly) make a case of what consciousness - the X factor - is, how it is operating, and how it arose.
He is careful not to say his hypothesis is "the answer"; there are a few leaps of imagination required to accept it, and he's not immune to the need for these ideas to be battered - to see if they stand up under scrutiny.
But all in all, he's made an interesting case. I'll likely go read it again - just not immediately.
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