Donald Hoffman

Maybe some minimal element of fear or even just an impulse to move away from something dangerous or something that wouldn't be good. Good for their system. And so when I use the word consciousness in this context and talking about the mystery of consciousness, I'm talking about consciousness in its most basic form, simply the fact of felt experience.

Maybe some minimal element of fear or even just an impulse to move away from something dangerous or something that wouldn't be good. Good for their system. And so when I use the word consciousness in this context and talking about the mystery of consciousness, I'm talking about consciousness in its most basic form, simply the fact of felt experience.

Maybe some minimal element of fear or even just an impulse to move away from something dangerous or something that wouldn't be good. Good for their system. And so when I use the word consciousness in this context and talking about the mystery of consciousness, I'm talking about consciousness in its most basic form, simply the fact of felt experience.

The fact that I'm not just processing light waves that are bouncing off all the objects in this room. I'm seeing yellow, I'm seeing green, I'm seeing shapes, I'm having an experience from the inside in a way that we imagine computers don't. You know, computers and cameras can process light waves.

The fact that I'm not just processing light waves that are bouncing off all the objects in this room. I'm seeing yellow, I'm seeing green, I'm seeing shapes, I'm having an experience from the inside in a way that we imagine computers don't. You know, computers and cameras can process light waves.

The fact that I'm not just processing light waves that are bouncing off all the objects in this room. I'm seeing yellow, I'm seeing green, I'm seeing shapes, I'm having an experience from the inside in a way that we imagine computers don't. You know, computers and cameras can process light waves.

And we don't imagine that they see green or that there's any kind of experience of color or anything like that, even though they're processing similar things.

And we don't imagine that they see green or that there's any kind of experience of color or anything like that, even though they're processing similar things.

And we don't imagine that they see green or that there's any kind of experience of color or anything like that, even though they're processing similar things.

inputs from the environment, the question is, and the really mysterious thing is, why does some processing, why do some organisms in nature have an experience of being the organism, have the experience of being that collection of atoms that's doing that processing? So sentience is also a great term, although it's not used that often in our culture and most people equate it with life.

inputs from the environment, the question is, and the really mysterious thing is, why does some processing, why do some organisms in nature have an experience of being the organism, have the experience of being that collection of atoms that's doing that processing? So sentience is also a great term, although it's not used that often in our culture and most people equate it with life.

inputs from the environment, the question is, and the really mysterious thing is, why does some processing, why do some organisms in nature have an experience of being the organism, have the experience of being that collection of atoms that's doing that processing? So sentience is also a great term, although it's not used that often in our culture and most people equate it with life.

So I don't use it that much. But the definition of sentience is really actually what I'm getting at here. Susceptibility to sensation, consciousness in its most basic form. So I use experience, I use awareness, felt experience and sentience interchangeably. But that is what I mean by consciousness.

So I don't use it that much. But the definition of sentience is really actually what I'm getting at here. Susceptibility to sensation, consciousness in its most basic form. So I use experience, I use awareness, felt experience and sentience interchangeably. But that is what I mean by consciousness.

So I don't use it that much. But the definition of sentience is really actually what I'm getting at here. Susceptibility to sensation, consciousness in its most basic form. So I use experience, I use awareness, felt experience and sentience interchangeably. But that is what I mean by consciousness.

Yes. So that phrasing comes from Thomas Nagel, the philosopher Thomas Nagel, who wrote a famous article, at least within the world of philosophy called, what is it like to be a bat?

Yes. So that phrasing comes from Thomas Nagel, the philosopher Thomas Nagel, who wrote a famous article, at least within the world of philosophy called, what is it like to be a bat?

Yes. So that phrasing comes from Thomas Nagel, the philosopher Thomas Nagel, who wrote a famous article, at least within the world of philosophy called, what is it like to be a bat?

And he basically, you know, discusses what I was just explaining, but in a more philosophical and detailed sense, in terms of what different types of organisms might experience in the world, having vastly different sensory modalities, inputs, brains, that type of thing. And there's a great German word, umwelt, to describe, and that kind of covers everything

And he basically, you know, discusses what I was just explaining, but in a more philosophical and detailed sense, in terms of what different types of organisms might experience in the world, having vastly different sensory modalities, inputs, brains, that type of thing. And there's a great German word, umwelt, to describe, and that kind of covers everything