Millions and millions of bits are condensed to a conscious experience that contains practically no information at. Cutting consciousness down to size by tor norrentranders came out in 1991, but it wasnt translated from danish into english until 1998. A leading danish science writer argues that our conscious mental processes are only the surface aspect of the mind. Download a pdf copy of the user illusion by norretranders, the brilliant danish author. Cutting consciousness down to size tor norretranders the user illusion of this groundbreaking books title comes from the computer industry and refers to the simplistic mental image most of us have of our pcs.
The author says our consciousness is our user illusion of ourselves. He starts by introducing entropy, and its relationship to information. To size, science journalist tor norretranders paints a different picture of consciousness. Cutting consciousness down to size penguin press science by norretranders, tor 26 august 1999 on. We are here because we have appetite tor norretranders. Cutting consciousness down to size, author tor norretranders isbn 9780670875795 file size 26mb year 1998 pages 480 language english file format pdf category medicine book description. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on light popular science and its role in society, often with norretranders own advice about how society should integrate new findings in popular science.
Bogen blev oversat til engelsk og udgivet med titlen the user illusion. The danish mathematician tor norretranders has an important thesis. But our consciousness processes only perhaps forty bits a second at most. The intellect, the conscious mind, believes it is the problem solver and that it controls what happens and what is experienced.
Nov 21, 2012 tor norretranders is a danish author of nonfiction and popular science. Tor norretranders is denmarks leading science writer with a track record of best sellers. He cites research studies, particularly those of professor benjamin libet of the university of california at san francisco, that show that decisions are made before consciousness makes them. His books and lectures have primarily been focused on science and its role. Ford oil cooler user manual truth about history how new evidence is transforming the story of the past anatomy and physiology applied to obstetrics download free pdf ebooks about anatomy and physiology applied to obstetrics or rea. The user illusion is the illusion created for the user by a humancomputer interface, for example the visual metaphor of a desktop used in many graphical user interfaces. The user illusion by tor norretranders, 1998, viking edition, in english. Consciousness presents us with an altered, subjective. Tor norretranders is the leading science writer in denmark where the user illusion was a bestseller. Cutting consciousness down to size cutting consciousness down to size tor norretranders. These books contain exercises and tutorials to improve your practical skills, at all levels. Publication date 1998 topics consciousness, subconsciousness, human information processing, bewusstsein. Nrretranders begins with a history of information theory, leading up to a distinction between the quantity of information number of bits transmitted and the quality of communication.
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My copy had 400 pages of very small print with extensive notes and bibliography. The user illusion available for download and read online in other formats. Tor norretranders is a danish writer, speaker, thinker, and selfidentified science storyteller who writes with a sophistication rarely seen in popular science writing new york times. Cutting consciousness down to size penguin press science paperback august 1, 1999. Cutting consciousness down to size 1 the wrong place 1 thinking. There is selfdeception on the part of consciousness the user illusion of the title. Hooponopono ancient hawaiian healing technique robins. As john casti wrote, finally, a book that really does explain consciousness. Drawing on scientific research from psychology and biology to physics and computer science, he makes a compelling case for putting consciousness in perspective. As engaging as it is insightful, this highly enlightening book presents reason to believe that what you perceive via your senses is often not reality, but your substituted interpretation of reality, your personal user illusion. The phrase originated at xerox parc some philosophers of mind have argued that consciousness is a form of user illusion.
Tor norretranders the author asserts that what our consciousness rejects constitutes the most valuable part of ourselves, and that we have to get outside and live life fully with all our senses to experience it. The user sees only the screen icons that trigger commands inside the machine, largely unaware of the. How helping others is the sexiest thing you can do. The user illusion in computing is the desktop graphical user interface gui. He comes at it from an information processing point of view, treating the human brain as a computer, while pulling in results from all over the world. Tor norretranders is a danish author of popular science. Self identity through hooponopono, sith richard edward. Cutting consciousness down down to size penguin press science by tor the user illusion.
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