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Consciousness presents its possessor with a picture of the world and a picture of himself as an active player in this world. But both pictures are heavily edited: The picture of a sensation is edited in such a way that consciousness does not know that other parts of the organism have already been affected by this sensation for perhaps half a second before consciousness occurs. Consciousness conceals any subliminal perception is also distorted: Consciousness portrays itself as the initiator, but it is not, as events have already stated by the time consciousness occurs.

Consciousness if a fraud, which requires considerable cooking of the temporal books. But that of course is precisely the point with consciousness: Enormous quantities of information are discarded; what is presented is precisely that which is relevant. For normal consciousness it is utterly irrelevant whether a readiness potential starts half a second before consciousness occurs. What matters is knowing what one has decided to do. Or has felt on one’s skin. What things look like when we open patients’ skulls or get students to flex their finger is pretty unimportant; the important thing is that consciousness occurs when we have discarded all the information we do not need. ~ Page 242

Consciousness is not a superior unit that directs messages down to its subordinates in the brain. Consciousness is the instance of selection that picks and chooses among the many options nonconsciousness offers up. Consciousness works by throwing suggestions out, by discarding decisions proposed by nonconsciousness. Consciousness is discarded information, rejected alternatives -- no, thanks! ~ Page 243

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