Experiencing reality without a consciousness barrier is a seriously bad medical condition in humans, but having no conceptual barrier between the self and the rest of reality is something a transhuman mind might be able to handle without going insane.
What would it be like to experience reality without a consciousness barrier? That sounds intriguing but I’m not sure exactly what it means. Is it the same as being unconscious? And it’s an actual medical condition? Please tell me more!
I believe the idea is that there is no such barrier in the territory, only in the map. (I express no opinion on the value of this idea.)
Experiencing reality without a consciousness barrier is a seriously bad medical condition in humans, but having no conceptual barrier between the self and the rest of reality is something a transhuman mind might be able to handle without going insane.
What would it be like to experience reality without a consciousness barrier? That sounds intriguing but I’m not sure exactly what it means. Is it the same as being unconscious? And it’s an actual medical condition? Please tell me more!
I was referring to Jill Bolte’s description of her stroke during her Ted talk linked by me earlier in this thread.