Gospel koan 50.5

Towards consciousness

Koan 50.5

Only a diversity of power: 'ability' can approach objectivity in knowing and thus consciousness: a 'measure of knowing together'.

Summary exposition

The central mechanism is that objectivity is a function of epistemic diversity, where 'power' denotes the capacity for distinct modes of sensing, reasoning, and interpreting. A single type of sensor, like only a camera, gives a limited view; objectivity emerges from combining cameras, microphones and personal observation, each with its own ability to transduce reality. The core implication is that consciousness itself is not a solitary state but a near 1:1 conceptual correlation—a 'knowing together'.^[1] The more diversely the cognitive and perceptual abilities are integrated, the richer and more objective the resulting model of reality becomes, making pluralism a necessary condition for truth.

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by John Mackay

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