Sarah Walker

Yeah, so I think if you're thinking about this sort of thinking about living things as these giant causal structures or these objects that are deep in time or whatever language we end up using to describe it, it seems to me that consciousness is about The fact that we have a conscious experience is because we are these temporally extended objects.

Yeah, so I think if you're thinking about this sort of thinking about living things as these giant causal structures or these objects that are deep in time or whatever language we end up using to describe it, it seems to me that consciousness is about The fact that we have a conscious experience is because we are these temporally extended objects.

Yeah, so I think if you're thinking about this sort of thinking about living things as these giant causal structures or these objects that are deep in time or whatever language we end up using to describe it, it seems to me that consciousness is about The fact that we have a conscious experience is because we are these temporally extended objects.

So consciousness and the abstraction that we have in our minds is actually a manifestation of all the time that's rolled up in us. And it's just because we're so huge that we have this very large inner space. That we're experiencing. And it's also separated off from the rest of the world because we're this separate thread in time.

So consciousness and the abstraction that we have in our minds is actually a manifestation of all the time that's rolled up in us. And it's just because we're so huge that we have this very large inner space. That we're experiencing. And it's also separated off from the rest of the world because we're this separate thread in time.

So consciousness and the abstraction that we have in our minds is actually a manifestation of all the time that's rolled up in us. And it's just because we're so huge that we have this very large inner space. That we're experiencing. And it's also separated off from the rest of the world because we're this separate thread in time.

And so our consciousness is not exactly shared with anything else because nothing else occupies the same part of time that we occupy. But I can understand something about you maybe being conscious because you and I didn't separate. that far in the past in terms of our causal histories.

And so our consciousness is not exactly shared with anything else because nothing else occupies the same part of time that we occupy. But I can understand something about you maybe being conscious because you and I didn't separate. that far in the past in terms of our causal histories.

And so our consciousness is not exactly shared with anything else because nothing else occupies the same part of time that we occupy. But I can understand something about you maybe being conscious because you and I didn't separate. that far in the past in terms of our causal histories.

So in some sense, we can even share experiences with each other through language because of that sort of overlap in our structure.

So in some sense, we can even share experiences with each other through language because of that sort of overlap in our structure.

So in some sense, we can even share experiences with each other through language because of that sort of overlap in our structure.

It's not merely temporal separateness. It's about the depth in that time. So it's the reason that my conscious experience is not the same as yours is because we're separated in time. The fact that I have a conscious experience is because I'm an object that's super deep in time. So I'm huge in time.

It's not merely temporal separateness. It's about the depth in that time. So it's the reason that my conscious experience is not the same as yours is because we're separated in time. The fact that I have a conscious experience is because I'm an object that's super deep in time. So I'm huge in time.

It's not merely temporal separateness. It's about the depth in that time. So it's the reason that my conscious experience is not the same as yours is because we're separated in time. The fact that I have a conscious experience is because I'm an object that's super deep in time. So I'm huge in time.

And that means that there's a lot there that I am basically in some sense, a universe onto myself because my structure is so large relative to the amount of space that I occupy.

And that means that there's a lot there that I am basically in some sense, a universe onto myself because my structure is so large relative to the amount of space that I occupy.

And that means that there's a lot there that I am basically in some sense, a universe onto myself because my structure is so large relative to the amount of space that I occupy.

I think there's a horizon, and I don't know how to articulate this yet. It's a little bit like the horizon at the origin of life, where the space inside a particular structure becomes so large that it has some access to a space that's not... That doesn't feel as physical. It's almost like this idea of counterfactuals.

I think there's a horizon, and I don't know how to articulate this yet. It's a little bit like the horizon at the origin of life, where the space inside a particular structure becomes so large that it has some access to a space that's not... That doesn't feel as physical. It's almost like this idea of counterfactuals.