This exciting article discusses, What is consciousness. What is the level of consciousness of non living things and different forms of life on earth. Where is Consciousness Located in the Brain and can we make a computer conscious just by running the simulation of a human brain on a computer (Artificial Consciousness). So Let's understand the mystery of consciousness from a different point of view. So let's first start with...What is the Consciousness?
What is Consciousness (Definition of Consciousness)
In simplest words we can say, consciousness is the Awareness of internal or external existence. So it is the consciousness that makes us feel, understand and respond to our surroundings and our inner self. It is because of the consciousness that we can understand that one day we were born and someday we will die.
What is the level of consciousness of non-living things and different forms of life on earth
So we can say that a tree is more conscious than a stone. Because a tree can respond to its environment in many ways like they can adapt to their environment, make their own food and lots of other things but a stone cannot do anything like that. In the same way, an insect is more conscious than a tree. Most animals are more conscious than insects and similarly human is more conscious than all the animals because humans can respond to their environment and surroundings in much more intelligent ways in comparison to other forms of life. We are conscious about our existence that we are living. We can remember and feel the past memories and experiences. we can feel the present moment and also can predict the future on the basis of our past memories and intelligence.
The Concept of Artificial Intelligence
It is similar to the fact that just by simulating the immense gravitational pull of a black hole on a computer does not actually deform the space time fabric around the computer. But Harvard scientists think that they might be very close to pinpoint the location of consciousness in our brain.
