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Steven Zuber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1466 total appearances

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The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

And not to bury the lead, but doesn't this kind of end up with the popular Big Five personality traits down the road?

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

Apple might be a good example just to see if someone really just, they're like, yeah, I can describe an apple, but I can't see it in my mind's eye.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

I think it is a good quick test, though.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

Oh, no?

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

You say the word apple, and I've immediately got a picture of a Red Delicious with a stem and a little glisten on the right side of it.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

So that's how my brain correlates words to pictures, I guess.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

And I do have good mental imagery.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

Highly doubt it.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

As far as the inner voice, because you and I talked about this briefly before.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

I liked the way that Andrew put it.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

It's like I've never confused it with someone else's voice.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

Whether it's someone else in the room or someone else speaking directly to my brain.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

I always know it's my mind.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

I think an easy example to generate is...

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

When you have the opportunity to do something unethical, but get away with it or something or something that you don't want to do, but you could get away with it.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

That the tip jar at the counter is unattended.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

And you're like, I could grab 10 bucks, but I shouldn't.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

Like, you know, there's that voice in your head, whether it's a voice or an articulate enough feeling to put words to that's, you know, kind of a moral injunction.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

And I like that because I feel like those that's kind of the same kind of example that might have been some of the earliest examples.

The Bayesian Conspiracy
208 โ€“ Snakes On A Brain: Eve Theory of Consciousness v3 with Andrew Cutler

My own take is that they're intertwined enough in the human mind where, you know, even alone on an island, you know, it's hard to think of who you could wrong.