Thursday 11 January 2018

Constructs of Consciousness


  • Are the constructs of consciousness simply a more accurate method of memory mechanics? 
  • Subconscious reactions of animals seem like a simple enough process of information storage in the mind. The senses of the animal constantly record circumstances while the animal is awake, then in any significant scenario which the animal experiences, there are additional brain signals triggered as positive or negative feedback, which are then stored with the sensory memory information. In a recurrence of similar variables, the sensory information of similar circumstances are sent to the brain, then with information resembling that of information already stored in the brain, the positive or negative feedback which was connected to that information saved from a past circumstance, is brought back to the brain. That feedback which is brought to the brain as a result of the connection to the past circumstance, causes the animal to react to the variables appropriately in the majority of situations, by making the animal either avoid or pursue the variables and scenario. 

  • Human consciousness seems to be a more complex, effective, and accurate upgrade to subconscious. As a similar example to the explanation of subconsciousness, when a person comes across variables which resemble past circumstances recorded by the senses, any negative or positive feedback likely comes to mind, which was also recorded and connected to the information saved. The difference is, this time the brain accesses more specific and resembling information, which was less significantly triggered by feedback. This is done by the brain cycling through more past occurrences with resembling variables. With the accuracy to access saved information of more variables which were present in more scenarios, the brain can take the positive or negative feedback connected to those more accurate variables of circumstances. By recalling positive or negative feedback connected to more specific variables within a scenario, the mind can distinguish more accurately whether the overall scenario of all variables included, is positive or negative, and react correspondingly. 

  • The gradual adaptation of the conscious mind from subconscious, would likely occur simply by the brain triggering information (and connected feedback) on more frequent occasions. The more times feedback (linked with sensory information) is sent to the brain, the more accurate that feedback will be based on new circumstances and relative sensory information.

  • This is a fairly simple version of consciousness and a generalised description. With more complex thoughts of a conscious mind, comes more cycles through the memory bank of information and relative connected feedback. Once many specific factors are distinguished to be positive or negative within many scenarios of circumstances, those accurate factors (with degree of positivity/negativity linked) are stored as information in the form of a memory itself, and used for more accurate evaluation of future circumstances which involve those stored factors. 

  • Every time a memory of a factor is used in a new circumstance, the validity of the accuracy of information saved, regarding that variable, is reinforced. Information saved in the mind about a specific variable being positive in a scenario, will be reinforced to be positive if the variable is used in similar circumstances and the same positive result occurs. The information will then be saved more distinctly, and be more probable to be utilised the next time the factor occurs. A more complex and intelligent mind is built over time of numerous factors being saved as information by the senses, with greater accuracy to distinguish an overall positive or negative result based on application of the factors and their queued positivity or negativity. 

  • Theoretically, the significant differential between subconscious and conscious awareness is memory circulation. Memory circulation allows the mind to access virtually and nearly any information saved. It might begin by the senses sending information to the brain. The method of information recall occurs based on the new sensory information. With sensitive enough triggering of accessing memory information, eventually the mind triggers the information based on a memory itself (potentially having a low severity of feedback). The mind brings back memories resembling the new information, then the brain uses that information (of memory) to again relate more saved information based on that recalled memory data (rather than new sensory data). Once memory data is accessed based on memory information, which is accessed based on other memory information, this can be repeated virtually infinitely, to continue accessing any information stored in the brain, as memory circulation.

  • The brain can keep repeating this process of relating more accurate information of specific factors involved in the memory information, which is being recalled. If enough information of factors of memories is stored, the mind can continuously repeat this cycle of recalling information based on resembling factors, by using numerous connections of resemblances. Once the process of factor distinguishment -by method of recurring memory circulation- is multiplied significantly, access to a multitude of potential information is allowed, which can be used in any new circumstances involving any of those factors. 

  • I suspect the feeling of “conscious awareness” is a result of a temporarily continuous memory circulation, involving information which is relevant to the current circumstances of which the individual is “consciously aware”. Current circumstances are sending new information to the mind via senses, and said new information, resembles information stored in the brain which is also being circulated through, by conscious memory circulation of past information saved. 

  • “Self awareness” would be a more specific type of conscious awareness. Self awareness could likely be relative to the ability to hold a memory circulation involving enough concepts (and memory data of the details within the concepts), which are involved in, and relevant to, the fact that the individual itself exists.

  • In summary; once memory information data and relative feedback, are accessed by the brain commonly and sensitively enough, access can be triggered to occur by the memory information which is being accessed, itself. Once a circulation of information data access (based on data access), is created, that circulation can be processed repeatedly, to access any data in the mind, using resembling information connections in the saved data.

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