tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post7597973204121352789..comments2022-09-18T11:14:36.876-04:00Comments on Neurochannels: Consciousness (6): Reversible FiguresEric Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06847717704454032165noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-87516140304387357262009-09-10T22:19:48.375-04:002009-09-10T22:19:48.375-04:00Joeyo: thanks, that's one of my favorites too....Joeyo: thanks, that's one of my favorites too. <br /><br />Now that I'm done with the reversible figures I'm writing up a post that does the other major ambiguous visual stimuli, and that one is in the section on ambiguous motion. <br /><br />The interpretation in terms of handedness (some people call that illusion a 'right or left brain' test) is bogus, but it is a gorgeous Eric Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847717704454032165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-80647739516480297102009-09-10T19:34:12.281-04:002009-09-10T19:34:12.281-04:00Here is another really great reversible animation ...Here is another really great reversible animation that I just rediscovered:<br /><br /><a href="http://ck.kolivas.org/pictures/spinning_lady.gif" rel="nofollow">the spinning lady</a><br /><br />I believe there is a correlation between the direction that you see the figure spinning initially and your handedness.joeyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781088449143978381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-68961846125938536282009-09-09T10:07:12.895-04:002009-09-09T10:07:12.895-04:00Note: no more comments on hard problem, there is a...Note: no more comments on hard problem, there is a great discussion of it going on over at philosophy of brains, and Chalmers even responded, which is quite nice. This thread is for illusions. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://philosophyofbrains.com/2009/09/08/the-metahard-problem.aspx" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> for thread on Hard Problem.Eric Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847717704454032165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-83508091261505339722009-09-09T02:50:19.151-04:002009-09-09T02:50:19.151-04:00Nothing we currently know about information proces...Nothing we <i>currently</i> know about information processing suggests that it could be used to explain qualia. <br /><br />This <i>doesn't</i> mean that information processing couldn't possibly end up explaining it, so it doesn't mean that it's pointless to try to investigate cognitive information processing. <br /><br />And BTW, this claim about information processing is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-84018284054091417082009-09-08T14:07:13.063-04:002009-09-08T14:07:13.063-04:00Turned my previous comment into a post at a more a...Turned my previous comment into <a href="http://philosophyofbrains.com/2009/09/08/the-metahard-problem.aspx" rel="nofollow">a post</a> at a more appropriate forum.Eric Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847717704454032165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-6219925547490516062009-09-08T09:26:46.549-04:002009-09-08T09:26:46.549-04:00Joeyo: thanks, it is surprising that only a few of...Joeyo: thanks, it is surprising that only a few of these illusions are in the popular imagination.<br /><br />Anonymous: I plan to discuss Chalmers and other philosophers eventually (e.g., the 'hard problem'), but (as discussed in Post 5) Mr B gets first dibs on consciousness before I will entertain the philosophers.Eric Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847717704454032165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-11191682274748358232009-09-08T02:26:09.693-04:002009-09-08T02:26:09.693-04:00While I can see how these illusions provide data c...While I can see how these illusions provide data concerning the character of the processing in our visual system and what sorts of things we become visually aware of, and how these related to the character of the input, I don't see how they provide data that is especially relevant to how qualia (the hard part of consciousness) works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13710336.post-23911303522009774722009-09-07T20:20:05.071-04:002009-09-07T20:20:05.071-04:00Great post!Great post!joeyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781088449143978381noreply@blogger.com