I’ve seen it used, some sort of a drug within a capsule that paramedics use sometimes to help one regain a state of consciousness. They snap the tab or capsule hold it under their nose and the fumes awaken the person. What is it exactly and what is it called? Thanks for any and all [...]

I’ve seen it over and over. When someone criticizes the Right’s plans, step one is to argue that the critic “doesn’t know what they’re talking about” as they likely not wealthy or a business owner. However when the same things are pointed out by people who ARE wealthy or ARE business owners, the Right seems [...]

I need help with how the idea of false consciousness undermined a working class. Was it like kind of having the working class get an education but not too much education so the colonizer stayed above in power? Im trying to get some ideas for my paper and I was a bit confused.

Basically, how do we know for certain that a machine is not alive inside to put it simply. And on that same note, how do we prove consciousness in someone other than ourselves?

Show comparison to another level of consciousness you have experienced in your answer, please.

What makes a person become the consciousness of a human being? Is it random? After the universe callapses and restarts does a person get to become the consciousness of something?

Also, it perhaps show a sign of will which is based on a motive. Without that, an inanimate object otherwise considered not alive, however possessing consciousness, would also be considered alive. Is it fair to draw the line for living consciousnesses at having motive, self-awareness, and direction? It means we are requiring a consciousness to [...]

This question has always bugged me but how is it that I am subjectively experiencing as a human rather than an animal or anyone else? Why am I aware? Couldn’t everything just operate fine without awareness. What makes me different to everyone else as far as consciousness goes. People say it’s all just the brain [...]