• lagomorphlecture@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    There’s actually a theory that back in ye olden times when inner monologues first started, people thought it was God talking to them because it was a new phenomenon and that didn’t have any way to understand that it was some kind of evolution of consciousness, not a god.

      • Zetaphor@zemmy.ccEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        I mean the NVIDIA stock price speaks for itself, I think Jensen is onto something

        • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          Ha! Good one.

          On a serious note here are the issues

          • He can’t explain how the event impacted the rest of the world. Only a fraction of the human race was there. How does he explain China for example?
          • We already know that meta-cognition isn’t limited to humans. A rat that knows where food is vs ones that do not engage in different behaviors.
          • He can’t explain the almost superhuman reflex speeds some people have in modern times under his model.

          I do agree some of it rings true. Just very hard to pin down what exactly.