Bernardo Kastrup & Susan Blackmore: Illusionism vs Idealism & The Conscious Self -Theory of Every0ne

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Tonight’s livestream is on a interesting talk between Bernardo Kastrup & Susan Blackmore that was hosted by Curt Jaimungal on the Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal YouTube channel, aka the TOE channel. Susan Blackmore is a psychologist and Bernardo Kastrup is a computer scientist and philosopher. They discuss the definitions of "illusionism" and "consciousness", how idealism differs from materialism, and the nature the "Self".

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Bernardo Kastrup Λ Susan Blackmore: Conscious Illusion?

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Why do I seem to be a specific, individualized consciousness associated with a specific body while you seem to be a different specific, individualized consciousness associated with another body? Why am I, I and you, you? When it comes to understanding consciousness this is the most important question that must be asked and answered but it is rarely even acknowledged. When the ontologies purporting to explain consciousness are examined critically it becomes obvious that all materialist/reductionist strategies fail completely in attempting to address this question.

What is the principled explanation for why:

A brain over here would generate my specific consciousness and a brain over there would generate your specific consciousness?

Integrated information over here would generate my specific consciousness and integrated information over there would generate your specific consciousness?

Global workspace over here would generate my specific consciousness and global workspace there would generate your specific consciousness?

Orchestrated quantum collapse in microtubules over here would generate my specific consciousness and orchestrated quantum collapse in microtubules over there would generate your specific consciousness?

A clump of conscious atoms over here would generate my specific consciousness and a clump of conscious over there would generate your specific consciousness?

Materialism already fails since it cannot find a transfer function between microvolt level sparks in the brain and any experience or qualia. In addition it’s not possible for materialistic ontologies to address this question of individuality since no measurement can be made that could verify my consciousness vs your consciousness and therefore no materialist ontology could even make any coherent statements about the subject.