Orders
of Perception
This paper describes the stages a
mind
must develop through until it can perceive, in the most abstract
sense,
that its perceptions activate in the moment. This may seem
obvious, but
the paper describes
how this perception is often rejected by the mind. In the
terminology
of the paper, "Can
Theorist perceive this activation in the moment? No, Theorist
rejects
this perception. Why? Because this perception makes predictions
which,
if tested, would refute the experience of existing continuously
over
time. Without this experience, Theorist's
mind assumes that it would stop perceiving (i.e., that Theorist
would die)."