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Originally Posted by Marie Monday
lmao that's a great example of why sound waves are not music (1)
and about your first statement: the interpretation of something is not the thing itself. A sound wave is a sound wave; music is the interpretation of the sound wave. (2)
All sounds can be music if you declare them so of course, but just like music, a sound is not a sound wave, but the interpretation of it
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1) yeah - that’s a tribute to cage’s genius
2) yes - to the individual that’s all it is - and that interpretation becomes a
physical part of the individual’s consciousness
Hmmm - well, I can’t say music is only the sound waves in one post and then music is only the interpretation of sound waves in another - so like the numeral number argument I have to make another concession. I was wrong.
But the brain is the interpreter or processor making it unique because you cannot process something without the processor. But then I have to ask myself well if you’re saying it’s just material what’s unique about it. If something is unique that means it’s intrinsically different. The difference is obviously a matter of function. I want to say it’s a problem with y’all not understanding the nature of consciousness but it’s actually very apparent that everyone involved in this discussion does have an understanding of the nature of consciousness. Everyone knows it’s some kind of network of neurons and synapses that isn’t very well understood. But even with all those concessions I wish I had some alliances with my contention that it’s incorrect and harmful to make a distinction between the brain and the mind because anything that distorts the Truth that consciousness is physical distances us from proper mental healthcare.