On Consciousness

[schuyler]

My Father has alzheimers. Started off slowly now he's getting worse and worse. Apart from being sad, If his consciousness was a manifestation of beyond the physical it wouldn't deteriorate with his physical brain.

The only other answer, if his software is not from his hardware, is an external causal agent that really acts like a total fucking sadist. Like, "Muhahahaha I'm going make your father think you're still a Sophomore in college as everyone cries silently because they can't help it."

His consciousness is not deteriorated at all. If the physical brain is deteriorated to the point that consciousness cannot fully express itself, that's the result. If The TV set has some burned out tubes, the program cannot get to the screen in the intended manner. That doesn't make the "causal agent" a "fucking sadist." (You are so eloquent!) It just means it can't manifest through a broken physical component. If the TV set is broken, you don't blame the program.