Say, let’s admit consciousness is the result of a physical process.

Then say this process only goes “forward” when our time coordinate increases. Just like an egg gets cooked when it’s temperature coordinate increases, but it doesn’t get more or less cooked when it’s temperature coordinate decreases.

This would mean that going back in time doesn’t result in any perceptible change, since your consciousness hasn’t evolved from it’s “former” state.

Thus making it possible for us to be travelling through plenty of dimensions in varied directions, only ever experiencing the brief times when you happen to be moving in increasing time. Or whatever combination of movement along varied dimensions makes it possible for you to be conscious.

TLDR: i need to take shorter showers

  • CannonFodder@lemmy.world
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    You haven’t brought anything up as an alternative! You just keep saying my theory has assumptions. I’m just suggesting that anything other than a physical explanation is ‘magical’ as a semantic tool because whatever it is clearly sits outside of any scientific rigor. Whether you are looking to some spiritual entity, or universe simulation theory, I don’t know, so I can’t argue for or against those. In fact, those examples ar impossible to argue against because as models they have no consistency or predictable test mechanism. Yes, a physical model has assumptions - as conscious beings experiencing them, fundamentally we will always have to have some root assumptions for any model. But a physical model based on scientific process is different than say ‘god made it’ theory, because it’s based on observation, and impartial (within its own reference frame) testing. It’s reference frame is the only one that can produce useful and predictable results because it is the only one based on the notion that the universe is based on predictable rules. That doesn’t mean it’s correct, but I see it as the only worthwhile approach. You can ponder other models that introduce unknowable things, but they inherently will always be incomplete; hence the ‘naval gazing’ vernacular. There’s nothing wrong with gazing at a nice naval if you’re into that sort of thing, but it won’t really explain anything, or provide pragmatic results. Feel free to show me I’m wrong. I am not closed minded. But in the absence of a better model, I see no reason not to stick to a physical one.