Comment by mellosouls
Comment by mellosouls a day ago
we _know_ consciousness exists in the brain
But we don't know it originates there (see any panpsychic-adjacent philosophy for instance), which counters any attempt to rule out alternative mechanisms (your GPU or otherwise) to support it.
quantum dualism is kind of a panpsychic position because it suggests that decoherence is the source - but I otherwise tend to dislike the "everything is conscious" explanations. For one, it's like determinism, meaningless if true. Two, it seems like an explanation of convenience - we no longer have to try to explain it because its actually universal and everywhere. But ultimately it doesn't align with my own sense and understanding. We should focus entirely on the brain, because we know for a fact that's where it's happening. If we can't find it in the brain, then it simply can't be found and will always be a mystery.