u/BrightEyes1616

Consciousness as an emergent property seems to me to be a theory without evidence, but a lot of scientists I've talked to believe it's a fact whilst downplaying or full on ignoring the question of how experience can emerge from matter.

The evidence typically put forward are things like:

we know we're conscious and

1/ when we have experiences we can see our brain waves do certain things,

2/ when the brain physically changes or is manipulated our experiences change,

3/ consciousness comes from complex systems.

1 and 2 say nothing about why consciousness must be an emergent property.

3 is bad reasoning,

e.g. we know we're conscious and we know we have complex brains (that are linked to consciousness, see 1 and 2) so consciousness must be linked to complex brains.

That's not a logical link. We have no idea if things other than complex brains can be conscious.

From there, the argument usually goes something like: atoms and viruses and plants and maybe insects aren't conscious because they don't have complex enough brains, so consciousness must emerge from non-conscious matter at some point, when it is put in the right configuration.

I hope I've made it clear enough that the evidence for that argument just isn't there and the logic isn't sound at all. Why don't more scientists admit that? It's surely fine to say and keep on doing science.

PS: the definition of consciousness I use is something along the lines of "what it's like to be".

Sound and audio started stuttering every one second or so this afternoon after being fine this morning. I didn't get any updates as far as I can see. It affects the video and audio on any kind of streaming. Tried restarting WiFi, host and client, and upgrading Apollo on host. Lowering the bit rate, FPS cap, resolution etc didn't change anything. Using Artemis instead of Moonlight and using the virtual display option didnt fix it. I can see the stutters on testufo.com. Anyone got any insights?

Looking for an update on what's the best way these days to get the haptic feedback and other features working for the dualsense controller when connected via Bluetooth on a PC with Steam? Thanks

My host PC with Sunshine is connected to the router via ethernet cable. My TV streaming box is connected to the same router via WiFi.

When I turn on the client TV and open Moonlight, it doesn't see my PC until I connect it to the WiFi network manually. Everything then works.

The PC doesn't connect to the WiFi network automatically because it sees that I have the PC connected via ethernet. Windows is weird like this.

How best to solve this?

Edit: Here's what worked for me.

https://superuser.com/questions/504261/windows-8-doesnt-automatically-join-wi-fi-network-if-ethernet-connection-is-act/630163#630163

Know the game got bad reviews when it came out. Usually takes a while before the updates and DLCs make it a solid game. How's it going to that end?

I sometimes have nights where I'm crying in my dreams, these uncontrollable and intense feelings of sadness, and wake up feeling shaky but more present than I usually feel. My body seems to stop me from crying when awake, even though I'm aware there's some deep sadness and trauma hidden away. It sometimes feels "stupid" to cry when awake, when it starts I unconsciously immediately block it. I wasn't allowed to cry as a teen. I get this tightness in my chest when I'm blocking something. On rare occasions I'll be feeling nothing but silent tears will start running down my face. It's really strange. It's like there's another me trapped inside me that's screaming to be allowed to come out but I'm keeping them down. It's been decades like this. I know quite a lot about why this is happening and I've done a lot of therapy and exploration, but I've still never managed to feel present enough for an extended period. I think this fight inside me is part of what led to my episodes of psychosis. A lot of strong emotions came to the surface very suddenly and I wasn't equipped to deal with them. I feel like less of a person for being this way. I can't always empathise with myself or others in the way I'd like to. It all feels a bit like a charade, like I'm going through the motions, watching my dull life go by, without the motivation to do anything, bar when I get these fleeting glimpses into this colourful but painful emotional world that I've not been privy to for so long. Once whilst going through psychosis I felt present in the world to the extent that I thought I was dying and was going to heaven. The world suddenly stood slowed almost to a standstill and looked like the most beautiful painting I've ever seen. I can't begin to describe how moving and special this was. I felt completely calm knowing I was dying. The storm had lifted, I wasn't fighting anything anymore. Peace, and presence, nothing else. If I could just access a slice of that without needing to be in psychosis or believe that I'm dying, that would be lovely.

I've been listening to some Frightened Rabbit again recently. I'm going through a rough time and use music to help process my emotions. It's helped me feel a bit less dead inside and bring out some stuff that I've been burying. There's something about his lyrics that help me connect to myself. A mixture of deep sadness and hope. It's painful that you're not around anymore, but I wanted to say thank you anyway.

Modern or older is fine. We did Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart last time. It's for a group of adults and I'm looking for something well written and creepy enough to send some shivers around the fire!

Got whacked by a camp after jumping through. I know some set ups can lock you on the 2nd tick but I'm pretty sure I took less than 1 second to activate my covops cloak after hitting warp, which should occur immediately. Is it possible for someone to target lock you (to prevent you cloaking) within a second of decloaking?

Also, they got my capsule, even though I was spam clicking warp to. Could this have been because the capsule was moving as it came out, upping its align time? Wouldn't have thought it would be >1s either way.

Curious about the mechanics as I don't understand why it happened.

What kind of ship(s) is enough to clear them?

My flatmate/friend doesn't want my friend in the flat when she's there. But she's always there. We both struggle to leave the house because of disability. I want to be able to hang out with him here now and again, but we've lived together for 9 months and I've not been able to have him over since I moved in. I know I'm NTA for wanting this, but I just brought it up again and it caused a big argument.

At what point is a veto valid? Where is the line there? That's my main question. I'd understand if a person was very toxic, but I've been friends with this guy for decades, and whilst he has his flaws like everyone does, I think the main clashes between them are in how loud he is, his laugh, the fact he made some light hearted comments about taking his shoes off, not being the most attentive listener or not giving other people space in conversations at times, etc. He's very extroverted. She feels disrespected and I understand that. She feels that it's not just his extrovertion that she takes issue with. But I think she's putting her foot down too hard and it sucks because I have no one else to hang out with where I live and I struggle to go out or go to his. She feels it's really unhealthy for her to be around him.

We share a bedroom but it doesn't work for her to go there for the day. Doesn't work for me either for us to go there, as I want to use the TV in the living room.

She's agreed to go to her friend's house so he can come over. But that won't be happening for two weeks, and I'm not sure his schedule is gonna sync up with that anyway. Am I asking too much to have my friend over once every several weeks if she really click with him? She finds him toxic, but when looking at the conflict that's arisen between them it's all quite minor, to me anyway. She sees it differently.

I'm fine with her friends coming over. But then, I don't find them unpleasant to be around.

I could just invite him over. I don't like that because it feels like I'm being a knob. Or I could just not see him as much as I want to. That sucks too.

And yes I'm moving out ASAP. Started looking recently. It's taking a while though.

Anyone had long term issues with their Lebara signal? I get zero bars at home and can barely make calls without them cutting out or disconnecting. Been like that for months since I moved.

Used to be able to select for next episode, or click another button to see all episodes, etc. Episodes would also autoplay. None of this is there anymore. Why was it removed?

Edit: autoplay is turned on in settings but doesn't work. Where are my buttons? :(