rostain (04/28/83)
I'd like to mention an idea that just struck me today, and am not sure if it's been mentioned before. Can't consciousness be thought of as a Godel-type sentence, as in something which can prove many things, including the unprovability of it's own existence? The greatest mystery to consciousness is itself. Through it we can "prove" many things about the universe. Yet it seems to be by definition intangible to itself. Could unconscious beings, if they exist, prove the existence of consciousness in people? Doubtfull. Maybe consciousness really parallel's Godel's incompleteness theorem? Any ideas? Alain Rostain Yale University P.S. I have done very little thinking about this, but several doors seem to open up to me with this view.