“Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer.” ProblemTogetherRealizingSpaceAnswersBrainConsciousnessInformationComputerImpulseNervesEnteringTime And SpaceWovenProteinNeurons Author:Robert Lanza
“There is only one real computer - the universe - whose hardware is made up of non-spatial states of consciousness and software is made up of superhuman as well as non-superhuman thoughts.” WellsMadeRealStatesRealityUniverseConsciousnessComputerSoftwareHardwareSuperhumanStates Of ConsciousnessHuman ThoughtSpatial Author:Kedar Joshi
“The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as well. Computers are no longer malevolent iron brains that manufacture tyrannical and oppressive answers; they are not a way to think, they are a place from which to think. The computer is an environment in which answers can be sought, created, manipulated and developed.” ThinkingWayWellsAnswersBrainConsciousnessFictionEnvironmentComputerToolsScience FictionPartnersIron Author:David Gerrold
“Consciousness, like a complex system of software, has thousands of levels of nested, self-accessing subroutines” SelfScienceLevelsConsciousnessComputerComplexesSoftwareComputer ScienceComplex Systems Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is my belief that one of the most exciting things about the World Wide Web is that they allow minds, as Spock might say, to meld. The transfer of consciousness through a variety of mediums is nothing new.” WorldMindMightScienceBeliefConsciousnessComputerExcitingWideMediumsVarietyTransfersComputer ScienceNothing NewExciting ThingsWorld Wide Web Author:Frederick Lenz
“What, then, is the basic difference between today's computer and an intelligent being? It is that the computer can be made to seebut not to perceive. What matters here is not that the computer is without consciousness but that thus far it is incapable of the spontaneous grasp of pattern--a capacity essential to perception and intelligence.” MadeMatterTodayDifferencesConsciousnessEssentialsComputerPerceptionCapacityIntelligentPatternsPerceiveWhat MattersIncapableSpontaneous Book:Visual Thinking Source: Visual Thinking
“I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.” ThinkingWould BeRunningDifficultMemoriesBrainConsciousnessComputerProgramCeaseTurned OffNeural Networks Author:Stephen Hawking
“The modern world has created airports and hospitals and put 10,000 songs in our pocket. It has built gleaming buildings and computers and advances and innovations that blow our minds. But we have soul, and spirit, and consciousness, and the modern world hasn't done so well at helping us name and understand what it means to be thriving and fully alive with a full heart.” WorldMindWellsHeartMeanSoulDoneHelpingSpiritSongNamesConsciousnessAliveModernBuildingComputerBuiltInnovationBlowPocketsHospitalsAirportsModern WorldFull Hearts Author:Rob Bell
“Simple molecules combine to make powerful chemicals. Simple cells combine to make powerful life-forms. Simple electronics combine to make powerful computers. Logically, all things are created by a combination of simpler, less capable components. Therefore, a supreme being must be in our future, not our origin. What if "God" is the consciousness that will be created when enough of us are connected by the Internet?!!” IfsEnoughGodFormScienceSimplePowerfulConsciousnessPowerInternetFutureComputerCapableAll ThingsLogicSimplicityConnectedSupremeCellsCombinationWhat IfOur FutureChemicalsComponentsMoleculesElectronicsSupreme BeingPowerful Life Author:Scott Adams
“Consciousness is much more of the implicate order than is matter... Yet at a deeper level [matter and consciousness] are actually inseparable and interwoven, just as in the computer game the player and the screen are united by participation.” MatterOrderGamesLevelsUnitedConsciousnessPlayerComputerDeeperScreensParticipationInseparableComputer Games Author:David Bohm
“We can open up our computers and Skype with someone, and we see them. It's like looking through a window. And we can surf the internet through our phones, and it's like our consciousness is far away. Or we can step through a airplane door and be in another continent a few hours away. So technology feels, to me, like the doors sort of already exist, at least emotionally.” FeelsHoursConsciousnessStepsTechnologyDoorsInternetComputerWindowPhonesAirplaneFar AwayContinentsSurfSkype Author:Mohsin Hamid
“One of the fantastic things about Silicon Valley is that it's both the birthplace of technology and it was one of the birthplaces of the counterculture. The Internet and the personal computer were going to be like the communes, where we would all be networked together, and we would be able to achieve this state of global consciousness.” TogetherConsciousnessTechnologyAchieveInternetComputerFantastic Author:Franklin Foer