Why did I become conscious?

Loaf · August 29, 2016, 08:27:11 AM

Do you ever just wonder, why did I specifically gain consciousness, in this body, not the body of someone else, and not the body of an animal or something? Doesn't it ever just seem weird to you that you happen to become the person you are, on the planet you're in, and you're you and not someone else, and you can only experience consciousness specifically as yourself?

Azumarill · August 29, 2016, 08:28:26 AM

born2fart

Verbatim · August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM

All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?

Doctor Doom · August 29, 2016, 08:30:32 AM

Because I willed it.

Loaf · August 29, 2016, 08:32:57 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM

All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?

Yeah man being curious about the universe is sooooo immature. Think about mature things like money and your employment.

Solonoid · August 29, 2016, 08:37:30 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM

All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?

I'm probably about to ruin your day, but, there are no other great mysteries in life.

The shit we started pondering in our youth will be the same deep enigmas that accompany us for the rest of our lives, no matter how much we might like to think that something deeper and more important will come along later.

The greatest fool is not the one who still asks the questions, he is the one who stops.

Verbatim · August 29, 2016, 08:51:18 AM

Quote from: Loaf on August 29, 2016, 08:32:57 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM
All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?
Yeah man being curious about the universe is sooooo immature. Think about mature things like money and your employment.

i don't give a fuck about money or employment either

Loaf · August 29, 2016, 08:51:42 AM

Quote from: Solonoid on August 29, 2016, 08:37:30 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM
All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?
I'm probably about to ruin your day, but, there are no other great mysteries in life.

The shit we started pondering in our youth will be the same deep enigmas that accompany us for the rest of our lives, no matter how much we might like to think that something deeper and more important will come along later.

The greatest fool is not the one who still asks the questions, he is the one who stops.

+respect

clum clum · August 29, 2016, 09:17:51 AM

Because of human intelligence. You usually develop consciousness/awareness at age 5-7 -- it depends -- although developing it earlier on is usually a sign of being a smart individual. Before that ascendance, you're no smarter than most animals and don't really have any memories of that time.

Interestingly enough, for some people, this transition of non-awareness to awareness is very pronounced, almost terrifying, like a great responsibility has been cast upon you.

Jono · August 29, 2016, 09:18:30 AM

Stop reading Jaden Smith tweets

snee0rp · August 29, 2016, 09:20:08 AM

What happens when the Internet becomes conscious?

Loaf · August 29, 2016, 09:59:47 AM

Quote from: Hargbeast on August 29, 2016, 09:20:08 AM

What happens when the Internet becomes conscious?

Serial experiments lain.

Naru · August 29, 2016, 10:07:19 AM

honestly i do get that too. like why am i seeing the world through my own eyes? what made me get this body and not the body of someone else? i still think about it from time to time, mostly when i was a kid.

Doctor Doom · August 29, 2016, 10:18:54 AM

Quote from: Hargbeast on August 29, 2016, 09:20:08 AM

What happens when the Internet becomes conscious?

It is. But you may know it better as

Spoiler

Brainiac.

SecondClass · August 29, 2016, 01:21:35 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM

All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?

Looking down on people because they're not as smart as you is fun

Risay117 · August 29, 2016, 01:43:07 PM

Quote from: Solonoid on August 29, 2016, 08:37:30 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 29, 2016, 08:29:05 AM
All of the thoughts I had and thought were fascinating at age 10 are now perplexing you at age... you're like, 22, right?
I'm probably about to ruin your day, but, there are no other great mysteries in life.

The shit we started pondering in our youth will be the same deep enigmas that accompany us for the rest of our lives, no matter how much we might like to think that something deeper and more important will come along later.

The greatest fool is not the one who still asks the questions, he is the one who stops.

Deep. And funnily true.

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Aether · August 29, 2016, 01:46:27 PM

I contemplate consciousness every day and have done so for years tbh.

PSU · August 29, 2016, 02:47:54 PM

Because you were the fastest sperm.

Doctor Doom · August 29, 2016, 02:56:03 PM

Quote from: PSU on August 29, 2016, 02:47:54 PM

Because you were the fastest sperm.

The majority of what will become a human being is in the egg before fertilization, though. We all basically just sat around and waited for somebody else to do all the work.

And for most of us, nothing much's changed since then.