[HN Gopher] Book Review: Consciousness and the Brain ___________________________________________________________________ Book Review: Consciousness and the Brain Author : feross Score : 12 points Date : 2022-05-14 00:01 UTC (22 hours ago) (HTM) web link (astralcodexten.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (astralcodexten.substack.com) | Syzygies wrote: | > This means that tasks which require working memory can not be | performed unconsciously. | | There's an old chestnut that one can't have thoughts without | words. As a visual thinker, I always found this assertion | preposterous. | | How does one explain the common experience of mathematicians and | scientists of awaking to a fully formed revelation, of complexity | far greater than the one bounce memory echo of 12x13? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-05-14 23:00 UTC)