Tenver

Hello, I'll just plunge right into it: Consciousness is the activation of (a) reaction. Consciousness is the activation of reactions in the brain. These reactions come from structures and stimuli that together make for certain physical, chemical and electrical states (reactions) which produce what we have termed 'consciousness'. In this sense, part of the great neural network that make up much of our brain are the parts that make up our consciousness. When we see something f.ex. that we believe "we know" or "recognize", it is only a certain state of these reactions that are present. In that way, all our consciousness is a physical (and biological probably) phenomenon that are very present in our species in fact. So when we see a building f.ex. and we have conscious phenomena about it (f.ex. "we think that it is our mother's old house and we have good memories of living there"), then it is only matter and forces that are affected in such a way as to create certain states. Much of what may be thought of as a reaction may be not be reaction by some strict definition of the word, but may only be action. So our consciousness is a big neural network where there are many reactions of a specific kind. In this way, our whole consciousness is just made up of a big neural network and so, it has its place in reality. It is the same for an ant f.ex., even though its consciousness is probably much more limited than ours is. It is just certain physical, chemical, electrical etc. states. It would, taken far enough, make it possible to calculate and predict states of consciousness from the knowledge and understanding of the stimuli and structures that create these reactions and how these certain reactions work together. Morality is the idea of a consciousness that affects another consciousness. Morality is the idea of a consciousness that affects another consciousness somehow. Our species is very tuned to consciousness and so we have developed a lot of body parts that react to consciousness. A matter can only be relevant in the idea of morality if it happens between two consciousnesses. A consciousness (in a man f.ex.) that does not affect another consciousness is outside the idea of morality. Just as well if a consciousness is affected by something that is not a consciousness (f.ex. a stone) then it does not have a place in morality either. F.ex. if you are alone on an island and is isolated from the rest of the world, then the place of your actions in morality is dependent entirely on the effects on another consciousness. If you hurt yourself alone on an island, the place in morality of your actions is completely dependent on the affects on others. If your actions are and will be completely isolated from all other consciousnesses, then it is neither good or bad. If you help yourself under these conditions, it is netiher good or bad either. If you help another consciousness, it is generally good. (moral assumption) If you hurt another consciousness, it is generally bad. (assumption again, for the sake of argument) If you are hurt/helped or someone else is hurt/helped by something that is not a consciousness, then it is neither good or bad. As such, morality is placed to a high degree in the consciousnesses of humans because our species has developed so many and so dominant body parts for consciousness partly. Genius is conscious creation. In this way, it differs from more typical creation in the way that non-genius relies more on non-conscious action while genius relies on conscious creation from conscious reactions. In this way, genius is ever intensified and is focused on very specific points that are present in a man's consciousness (or an animal's consciousness). In this sense, all people are genius in some ways (and probably all animals as well, if only in the infinitesimal range) and all men (and animals) are non-geniuses in some ways. (Sorry for not splitting the morality part up into another post in the ethics forum, its a copy)