SCOTT: In the case of resonance, it has appeal
because it is something that, on the one hand, is a concentrated locus
of activity, yet on the other, we can grasp it as an object. But it is
precisely this paradoxical ability that is the hallmark of
consciousness. As I've said before, the mystery of awareness is that to
be aware of the passage of time (as we must be to notice the continuity
of a resonance), requires a non-temporal stance, which no
spatio-temporal activity can account for.
ERIN:
I want to bring this up again because I am still
interested in the effect of expectations and how it relates to the
consciousness.For some reason it seems static quality could replace resonance
in these statements. If it could then does the MOQ have a non-temporal stance?
I am interested in expectation because it shows how
scientists are very comfortable with studying past processes (memory)
but not so comfortable with studying future-oriented processes.
First that jumping off a hot stove example that keeps coming up makes me think
the MoQ (and maybe pragmatism?) is in the same boat.
We often discuss where MoQ differs from mainstream science but
this there seems to be some agreement.
Haith one particular developmental psychologist propose some hypotheses
to why scientists are uncomfortable.
1) Scientists have favoritism for the concrete. The future is
uncertain, ephemeral, and nonexistent. How can we talk about
a nonevent? How can we think about brain processes that represent
events have not yet occured
**** this relate to the MOQ in that how can we talk about
levels that have not occurred
2)Discomfort of scientists in dealing with reverse causality (teleology)
The future seems to be backward in time, controlling what we do in the
present.
*** why we don't put on our hands on the much talked about stove
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