Douglas mrr R. Hofstadter is an American scientist who became famous by the cult book Gödel, Escher

In going after the lecture of professor of social psychology at De Ap Dijksterhuis Linck in Oss on Monday, September 26, 2011, there was hardly time to ask. Burning question to him in going after He wanted after a successful evening to go home. So was certainly no question of sitting. However, while he was packing his things and put signatures mrr purchased copies of the smart unconscious, he still gave the expected answer. He indeed mrr knew Tor Nørretranders. In fact, he said that the book had been. Consciousness as a deceiver to him important In particular, the first part. Nice to hear that a respected scientist mrr can be a title of his youth. Enthusiastic Because that is (but) the case. The conscious book was published in 2000 in Dutch, but it dates from 1991. Twenty years ago, described a completely (in the Netherlands) unknown Danish science journalist all part of what in recent years has become such a hot topic. The fact that our brains as it were under the delusion that we have let our consciousness. That we as human beings are totally in control. Forget it. The bulk of our actions, thoughts, as it were done by our unconscious. That unconscious 'organizing' our awareness. That part of our brains which we attribute a mythical power as a human being. That consciousness sends us. is responsible for 'free will'. Already in 1991 Tor Norrestranders reported mrr on brain research that showed that we should consider. Consciousness mrr as an impostor Or, according to the subtitle unraveled a myth.
Tor Nørretranders This book was published in 2000 by Moon Press. Was translated with the help of a European subsidy. For this, the Danish edition of 1993 used. but the book first appeared in 1991. Twenty years ago that was a very remarkable book. With disturbing content. mrr Our brains create the illusion that we have a consciousness, but unfortunately it is just a myth. If you go on the internet to look for the reception of this book in the Netherlands, you will find nothing. Probably the book hardly sold. At least at this time no longer available. luckily it still stands in a (public) library.
Back cover of the book Contrary to popular belief, controls our consciousness, but very little of what we do, think or feel. In relation to the total human perception it only plays a very limited role. Our brains throwing huge amounts of information away to enable the world to understand. mrr Around us our That takes time, therefore our consciousness cavity behind the facts: as a baseball player would think about the swing of his bat aware he would never touch the ball. And what man perceives as deliberately additionally is an interpretation of reality: a simulation, an illusion. () We must dare to realize that Nørretranders, believes that life is richer than we think and that man is much more than just his consciousness. And a recommendation by Douglas R. Hofstadter: By relying on the extraordinarily rich and fascinating ideas Nørretranders develops his main thesis that consciousness is essentially a hoax, an illusion.
Douglas mrr R. Hofstadter is an American scientist who became famous by the cult book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Hatched in 1979, translated into Dutch in 1985. Purchased by tens of thousands and read by few. Hofstadter cuts in this book, many things that (also) have to do with consciousness. In another book by him (composed by Daniel C. Dennett) go about it: The mirror of the soul - fantasies and reflections on mind and I (1986). This latest book is much more readable. Exformatie Tor Norretarnders has taken the English Wikipedia with this concept. Exformation is that part of the information, as it were 'void' or 'excluded' is. The main reason is that our brains but with a very small number of bits can handle information. In order to function, we immediately throw them away information that does not matter. There are only 30 to 40 of all the bits that reach us on average per second (11 million). Almost everything is thrown away. Not consciously experienced.
The bandwidth of consciousness is much narrower than the bandwidth of the senses (page 143). Youtube is the video Bandwidth for humans. In five minutes explaining how our senses interact with bits (information). The movie was made in 2009, but the author refers to the book of Nørretranders. Only one millionth of what our eyes see, our ears hear and communicate our other senses, appears in our consciousness. He refutes in 1991 that could multitask At this time you can be aware of the text you are reading, mrr or your body posture, or phone