Is your mind just a parasite on your physical body? | Blindsight novel by Peter Watts
Is your mind just a parasite on your physical body? | Blindsight novel by Peter Watts
A new science fiction novel does a masterful job of crafting a narrative from an idea long discussed in philosophy: Is the mind needed?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22134494
Blindsight is a unique kind of first-contact novel. Its focus is not on humanity’s first meeting with an alien civilization, but rather that this civilization is highly intelligent, yet lacks consciousness.
What if intelligence can thrive without consciousness?
What if there is nothing special about self-awareness?
What if it is just evolutionary dead weight, bound to disappear soon?
The idea rests on machine metaphors for life and mind, which strike this columnist as profoundly mistaken.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight
Blindsight Sci-fi Short Film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkR2hnXR0SM
