• Question: How can I be sure that my experience of consciousness is the same as anyone else's experience of consciousness?

    Asked by ladysovereignezza to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 22 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      I don’t think you can – I know my perception of the world is not the same as everyone else’s perception; but how this links to consciousness is a question that I don’t have an answer to. Luna or Melanie may have a much better idea!

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      I suppose you can’t really. We all have to make our own mind up on that one as I don’t think it can be proved either way.

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      You can’t. There is absolutely no way of knowing for sure. However, we have some indications that it might be reasonably similar: The structure of your sensory organs and of your brain is really very similar to everybody else’s, so the way you sense and process information is really quite similar. Also, you can talk to other people, you can often guess how they are feeling and you can relate to their thoughts and experiences. This doesn’t prove that you are experiencing consciousness in exactly the same way, but there is at least some common ground, I think.

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      I don’t think you can be sure. There is a certain amount of error in whatever way we measure personal experiences, like emotion, perception, or any other personal experience.

    • Photo: Probash Chowdhury

      Probash Chowdhury answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Does it matter? Who said their version of conciousness is correct anyway?!?!

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