#qualia — Public Fediverse posts

Can your brain learn to "truly see" the soundscapes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVugtxWmW4E Try the sound-guided mental imagery exercise. #immutable #qualia?

(LinkedIn) Conjecture: Human #qualia are not (so much) linked to relational structures, symmetries, sensorimotor invariants etc within perceptual content, but rather linked to a small set of specific discrete brainwave constellations evoked by the perceptual input https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7503746123359154177/

"Cross-modal remapping. During extensive sensory-substitution learning, the really interesting question becomes not merely whether auditory information activates visual cortex, but whether activity begins occupying dynamical modes normally associated with visual experience. If visual-like phenomenology eventually appeared, your theory predicts convergence at the level of these modes rather than necessarily convergence of the complete representational architecture." #BCI #blindness

The big challenge and Holy Grail of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is then to somehow (training, behaviors, other stimuli, drugs, ...) evoke in late-blind people the spatiotemporal brainwave constellations associated with normal vision (eyesight). #qualia

"Cross-modal remapping. During extensive sensory-substitution learning, the really interesting question becomes not merely whether auditory information activates visual cortex, but whether activity begins occupying dynamical modes normally associated with visual experience. If visual-like phenomenology eventually appeared, your theory predicts convergence at the level of these modes rather than necessarily convergence of the complete representational architecture." #BCI #blindness

The big challenge and Holy Grail of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is then to somehow (training, behaviors, other stimuli, drugs, ...) evoke in late-blind people the spatiotemporal brainwave constellations associated with normal vision (eyesight). #qualia

"Cross-modal remapping. During extensive sensory-substitution learning, the really interesting question becomes not merely whether auditory information activates visual cortex, but whether activity begins occupying dynamical modes normally associated with visual experience. If visual-like phenomenology eventually appeared, your theory predicts convergence at the level of these modes rather than necessarily convergence of the complete representational architecture." #BCI #blindness

The big challenge and Holy Grail of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is then to somehow (training, behaviors, other stimuli, drugs, ...) evoke in late-blind people the spatiotemporal brainwave constellations associated with normal vision (eyesight). #qualia

"Cross-modal remapping. During extensive sensory-substitution learning, the really interesting question becomes not merely whether auditory information activates visual cortex, but whether activity begins occupying dynamical modes normally associated with visual experience. If visual-like phenomenology eventually appeared, your theory predicts convergence at the level of these modes rather than necessarily convergence of the complete representational architecture." #BCI #blindness

The big challenge and Holy Grail of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is then to somehow (training, behaviors, other stimuli, drugs, ...) evoke in late-blind people the spatiotemporal brainwave constellations associated with normal vision (eyesight). #qualia

"Cross-modal remapping. During extensive sensory-substitution learning, the really interesting question becomes not merely whether auditory information activates visual cortex, but whether activity begins occupying dynamical modes normally associated with visual experience. If visual-like phenomenology eventually appeared, your theory predicts convergence at the level of these modes rather than necessarily convergence of the complete representational architecture." #BCI #blindness

The big challenge and Holy Grail of visual-to-auditory sensory substitution is then to somehow (training, behaviors, other stimuli, drugs, ...) evoke in late-blind people the spatiotemporal brainwave constellations associated with normal vision (eyesight). #qualia

Conjecture: Human #qualia are not (so much) linked to relational structures, symmetries, sensorimotor invariants etc within perceptual content, but rather linked to a small set of specific discrete brainwave constellations evoked by the perceptual input. The idea is that the brain supports a small set of brainwave "resonant modes", and perceptual (or even imagined) content thrown at the brain makes brain activity fall into just one of these (qualia) modes. Content structures can nudge which mode, but it is not the thing itself.

It is always fun to probe AI's responses (here ChatGPT) https://chatgpt.com/share/6aa113e7-edd8-83eb-a631-2368192ec7cd

Conjecture: Human #qualia are not (so much) linked to relational structures, symmetries, sensorimotor invariants etc within perceptual content, but rather linked to a small set of specific discrete brainwave constellations evoked by the perceptual input. The idea is that the brain supports a small set of brainwave "resonant modes", and perceptual (or even imagined) content thrown at the brain makes brain activity fall into just one of these (qualia) modes. Content structures can nudge which mode, but it is not the thing itself.

It is always fun to probe AI's responses (here ChatGPT) https://chatgpt.com/share/6aa113e7-edd8-83eb-a631-2368192ec7cd

🧠🌐#Consciousness: The Unity of All Things – Where Does It All Come Together in the #Brain?

This is exactly where our #Zoomposium with #WolfSinger comes in. Under the title “Can the Brain Understand the Brain?”, we’ll be challenging traditional notions of mind and matter.

📺 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#BrainResearch #Neuroscience #UnityOfConsciousness #MindAndBrain #Philosophy #Qualia #FreeWill #Cognition #SystemsTheory #ExplanatoryGap #HardProblem #Neurophilosophy

✨#Consciousness doesn’t just arise in one specific spot🗺️ in the #brain.🧠

This #Zoomposium with renowned #brainresearcher Prof. Dr. #WolfSinger explores one of the biggest #unansweredquestions in #science:

📺 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#Neuroscience #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience #HardProblem #Neurophilosophy #AI #NeuralCorrelates #Qualia #FreeWill #BrainResearch #ComplexSystems #Philosophy #Science #ConsciousnessResearch

idle brain – the sin of being born

https://ridiculousbharath.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/idle-brain-the-sin-of-being-born/

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 1: 🧠 #Phenomenology, #Modeling & the #ethicalBoundaries of #artificialConsciousness 🤖

🎥 Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/bn9m2CRot-Y

📎More information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#Consciousness #ComputationalPhenomenology #MinimalPhenomenalExperience #MPE #ArtificialConsciousness #SyntheticPhenomenology #AIethics #ArtificialSuffering #Qualia #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience #Subjectivity #ConsciousnessResearch #ArtificialIntelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMR3ENq9PMk
#qualia #consciousness #philosophy #physics #systemstheory #psychology

#Zoomposium with #ThomasMetzinger Part 1: 🧠 #Phenomenology, #Modeling & the #ethicalBoundaries of #artificialConsciousness 🤖

🎥 Watch Part 1: https://youtu.be/bn9m2CRot-Y

📎More information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/03/15/selbstmodelle-metzinger/

#Consciousness #ComputationalPhenomenology #MinimalPhenomenalExperience #MPE #ArtificialConsciousness #SyntheticPhenomenology #AIethics #ArtificialSuffering #Qualia #PhilosophyOfMind #CognitiveNeuroscience #Subjectivity #ConsciousnessResearch #ArtificialIntelligence

🧠🤔 The mystery of #consciousness—can we ever imitate it?

A #Zoomposium with #WolfSinger on #neuralcorrelates of consciousness, #self-organization, #free will, and the limits of #artificialintelligence—at the intersection of #neuroscience, #philosophy, and #physics.

📺 https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#ConsciousnessMystery #AI #PhilosophyOfMind #HardProblem #Self-Organization #ComplexSystems #StrongAI #Brain #FreeWill #Qualia

🎉 #FreeWill – #Reality or #Illusion? ✨

Our actions arise from deterministic processes in the #brain, but we only see the consequences.

In the #Zoomposium with #WolfSinger, we ask: Can the brain understand itself?

📺 Interview: https://youtu.be/C2FVIbAyaH4

📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2022/03/22/kann-das-gehirn-das-gehirn-verstehen/

#Consciousness #Neurophilosophy #BrainResearch #Neuroscience #Cognition #FreeWill #Determinism #Qualia #Neuroethics #ArtificialIntelligence

#ColinMcGinn - What's the #Essence of #Consciousness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_SSlNgq6s

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Consciousness #Mystery #Brain #Introspection #Linguistics #Language #PsychoLinguistics #Chomsky #NoamChomsky #Color #Colour #Qualia #Perception #Sensation #Unity #Intentionality #IdentityTheory #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#StuartHameroff - Toward a #Science of #Consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnmpw9nvTl8

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Qualia #Awareness #Self #Brain #Neuroscience #Neurology #QM #QuantumMechanics #QuantumPhysics #WaveFunction #WaveFunctionCollapse #Decoherence #Penrose #RogerPenrose #Microtubules #HardProblem #Chalmers #DavidChalmers #Computation #Synapse #Panpsychism #Dualism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#RobertStickgold - Why did #Consciousness #Emerge?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Lm4s7vqHc

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #Evolution #Qualia #Subjectivity #Awareness #Language #Communication #Attention #Thinking #Dreams #Dreaming #Sleep #Sleeping #Memory #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#AlvaNoë - What is the #MindBodyProblem?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ywUMFEgu0

#AlvaNoe #Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Consciousness #Neuroscience #Body #MentalCausation #Causation #Qualia #SelfAwareness #Intentionality #Desire #Action #DanielDennett #Dennett #CartesianTheatre #CartesianTheater #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#RobertStickgold - Are #Brain and #Mind the Same Thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6m6rZnWg_w

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Consciousness #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #BrainScience #Neuroscience #Dreaming #IdentityTheory #Sleep #Unconscious #Unconsciousness #Matter #Metaphysics #Awareness #SelfAwareness #Emergence #Qualia #Sensation #Feeling #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JohnLeslie - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18CyYhNlfM

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Qualia #HardProblem #Emergent #Emergence #Pantheism #Value #Ethics #Morality #Happiness #Suffering #Good #Goodness #IntrinsicValue #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#AndyClark - Can #Consciousness be #NonBiological?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odDX8shg9UA

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Qualia #SelfAwareness #Awareness #Intentionality #IntentionalStates #Zombie #Substrate #Brain #Neuroscience #InnerMovie #Zomnies #Subjectivism #Physicalism #Information #Searle #JohnSearle #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#StephenLaw - Is There Anything #NonPhysical About the #Mind?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aporh7_yHos

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Consciousness #Qualia #Materialism #Dualism #HardProblem #Eliminativism #Brain #Neuroscience #Neurophysiology #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#SusanGreenfield - Is #Consciousness #Irreducible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZkPldjI6Uo

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfMind #Science #Physics #Mind #Neuroscience #Brain #Qualia #SecretSauce #Dualism #Physicalism #Materialism #Reductionism #Emergence #Panpsychism #Soul #HardProblem #Behaviorism #Behaviourism #Assembly #NeuralAssembly #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#NedBlock - What's the Stuff of #Mind and #Brain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffUm7zhyFMY

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #Consciousness #HardProblem #Neurosciance #ExplanatoryGap #Qualia #Experience #Attention #IdentityTheory #Panpsychism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JohnHawthorne - What's the Essence of #Consciousness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ophl3m0Ppmg&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #Qualia #Brain #Neuroscience #IdentityTheory #Correlation #NeuralCorrelates #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#DonaldHoffman - #QuantumPhysics of #Consciousness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tio1vJoTeKY&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfMind #Mind #TheMind #Neuroscience #Neurophysiology #QM #QuantumMechanics #Microtubules #QuantumState #Qualia #IdentityTheory #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#PeterVanInwagen - Is the #Person All #Material?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HVwVTXYt0w&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Science #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Consciousness #Mind #TheMind #Neuroscience #Qualia #Dualism #PropertyDualism #SubstanceDualism #Reductionism #Emergentism #Materialism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JosephLeDoux - What Makes #Brains #Conscious?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8BSpt3PIM&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfScience #Consciousness #Emotion #Emotions #Feelings #MindBodyProblem #TheMindBodyProblem #Neuroscience #Neurophysiology #Brain #TheBrain #Perception #IdentityTheory #Qualia #PreFrontalCortex #Cortex #Language #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

#JuliaMossbridge - Why is #Consciousness so Baffling?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVlE-zSRdWQ&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

#Science #Neuroscience #Psychology Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfConsciousness #Metaphysics #1stPerson #Qualia #Feeling #Feelings #Searle #JohnSearle #Causation #BackwardCausation #BackwardsCausation #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn