For this question, "generally speaking" is not an answer that I can accept for my theories.Ginkgo wrote:From my point of view I would say that it depends on the type of information, but generally speaking the answer would be, yes.Gee wrote:I concede your point, "Why we have experiences is the hard problem."
But I have a question. If we are exposed to knowledge, information, or even emotion, but we are not aware of it; if it is absorbed into the sub/unconscious mind, did we "experience" it?
Gee
I have seen some of these studies, and they are quite interesting, but they are information that is gained through the senses, and processed through the conscious mind--I believe. These studies draw attention to the matter of "focus", which is very interesting, but I know little about how it works. There are many posters on other forums that are studying focus.Ginkgo wrote: We experience many things but most of the things we experience we don't attend to, but we still experience them. Tomorrow, I will try and find you a link to studies in attentional blindness.
I was considering information that is not received from the senses, such as instinctual knowledge. I have only found one person, who has made a good study of the sub/unconscious mind, and that is Ignacio Matte Blanco. He was a psychiatrist, who actually worked with or under Anna Freud, and a one page article on his work can be found it Wiki. It is very interesting, and I especially liked the part where he explains that the unconscious mind has absolutely no knowledge of time. The unconscious mind sees past, present, and future as the same thing. It made me wonder if it has any understanding of space.
Gee