Conscientiousness

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it.

“So, what does blindsight tell us about consciousness? Exactly how you answer this question will heavily depend on which interpretation you accept. Do you think that those who have blindsight are in some sense conscious of what is out there or not?”

‘If they’re not, then blindsight provides an exciting tool that we can use to work out exactly what consciousness is for. By looking at what the brain can do without consciousness, we can try to work out which tasks ultimately require consciousness. From that, we may be able to work out what the evolutionary function of consciousness is, which is something that we are still relatively in the dark about.”

“On the other hand, if we could prove that people with blindsight are conscious of what is in front of them, this raises no less interesting and exciting questions about the limits of consciousness. What is their consciousness actually like? How does it differ from more familiar kinds of consciousness? And precisely where in the brain does consciousness begin and end? If they are conscious, despite damage to their visual cortex, what does that tell us about the role of this brain area in generating consciousness?”

Blindsight article from pocket.com

The Conversation Henry Taylor

This article is interesting to me because I can read text without my glasses. The picture below is in someway related to blindsight. I don't know why, maybe being bipolar is one of those unconsious mechanisms that alow me to see what others can not. Oh, and thanks to GOOGLE for allowing me to use HTML to code my blog.