I think conciousness is having your i/o ports open.
Funny you should mention that. I/O seems to me to have
quite a lot to do with the difference (if there is one)
between a script and some other program that is not a
script. I tend to think of a script as involving a
minimum of user interaction (or none). It can ask the
user questions and still be a script, but when you
start getting into the realm of pulldown menus and
key shortcuts and stuff, is it still a script, even
though its actions are determined dynamically rather
than being scripted? I tend to think of it more as an
application at that point.
Consciousness, of course, is an operating system,
because it's what makes it possible for you to carry
out any other mental activity, and any mental activity
you carry out is within the bounds of your consciousness.
$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$ ;->();print$/
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I think conciousness is having your i/o ports open
Huh... it reminds me of something that when I was 8
years old that a 93 year old man in my town told me
that has stuck with me for years. He said: "notice
that you have 2 ears, 2 eyes, and only one mouth.
I think that means the Great Spirit meant for people
to observe and listen with their ears
twice as much as they talk."
Yes. He was an American Native but I'm not sure what
tribe/nation he belonged to.
Program or script? I agree with zentara.
I make no distinction between them
in the context we are speaking of.
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I read something similar in a Peanuts cartoon once. Charlie Brown was talking to Linus and said: "You have two ears and one mouth, therefore listening is more important than talking. You have two eyes and one nose, therefore seeing is more important than smelling." At that point Snoopy came racing thru and knocked both of them over. Afterwards, Linus said: "And four legs?" to which Charlie Brown replied: "I guess running is more important than anything." :-)
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