It was just a hard problem but then it became so much more...

So, according to Chalmers (1995) the "hard problem" is to somehow define what our consciousness is. This reminded me of a quote said by the Dalai Lama: "If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it." Yet, here I am worrying so much about this inexplicable problem.

I ventured into knowing more about this question of why or how does our conscious become as is. I read some articles and one led me to this website that seemed to "explain" and "define" our conscious. It's very lengthy and even more philosophical! They explain that humans have always, since the preliterate era, tried to explain our consciousness. Then, they start quoting Descartes, Locke and Leibniz (among others) about their definition of how our conscious is created. They talk about the concepts and problems of consciousness, the how and why, dualism, metaphysics, quantum, and non-physical theories. I will not go into much detail of what this websites explains because you can read it yourself, but as I emerged myself into these explanations, I realized how little I know about the subject. I became more confused the more I read, and wished I knew more about philosophy. After that, I asked a close friend of what he thought about it (he's also studying psychology) and he started to talk about Plato and how he says that our consciousness is something "divine". By "divine" he means everything that is absolute, subjective, truthful, unreachable, for example, beauty, the truth or...love? Again, the more he talked the more that I started to wonder off thinking about my ignorance in the area. It sounds extremely interesting so I should take a couple of classes to understand the roots of philosophy or spend more time reading about it.

For now, I will try to not worry much about this problem until I have a better understanding of the background. It was a little foolish to try to understand something that people have spent their whole lives studying about. You might think that philosophy is not related to psychobiology but it is, the roots of psychology started with philosophy and it's critical for us to know the history behind it.

After all, the acceptance or us not knowing is the driving mechanism of learning.