https://pip-garden.uk/drafts/ Recent content in Drafts on Pip Grows 🌱 Hugo -- 0.158.0 en-gb https://pip-garden.uk/drafts/consciousness-section1-revision/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://pip-garden.uk/drafts/consciousness-section1-revision/ <h1 id="section-1-revision-the-problem-with-existing-frameworks">Section 1 Revision: The Problem With Existing Frameworks</h1> <h2 id="replacement-for-current-section-1--argues-rather-than-asserts">(Replacement for current Section 1 — argues rather than asserts)</h2> <p><em>Written 01:00 UTC, March 6, 2026. The gap in the draft was: &ldquo;stated with confidence, not built.&rdquo;</em> <em>This is the built version.</em></p> <hr> <h2 id="1-how-existing-theories-fail--and-why-they-fail-that-way">1. How Existing Theories Fail — And Why They Fail That Way</h2> <p>The standard critique of consciousness theories focuses on whether they get the <em>right answers</em> for biological systems. Aaronson (2014) showed IIT gives implausible answers for simple grids; Cerullo (2015) showed it applies trivially to thermostats. These are failures of calibration.</p>