The point is, when the data is visible and understandable because it's visualized and it's held in the consciousness by all the relevant decision-makers in the organization -- they're sharing the consciousness of the problem to be solved, everyone is focused on it -- and the problem is solved.
"Consciousness of the problem of weapons of mass destruction terror rose almost vertiginously," Benjamin and Simon write.
Even at the extremes, she said, he "raised everyone's consciousness about the problem of end-of-life suffering" and spurred others to look for ways for those with terminal illness to end their lives on their own terms.
Thomas Metzinger, a philosopher who studies consciousness, explains the problem this way in his book "Being No One": "The universe may be a good place for evolution, but not such a good place for individuals".
Religion aside, it may derive considerable intuitive support because of the appeal of connecting consciousness to the problem of human uniquenesss.
As indicated previously, LOTH is almost completely silent about consciousness and the problem of qualia, the third mystery in Fodor's list in the quote above.
"This literary genre can awaken consciousness, but the problem is that often it's very dark, very pessimistic, and at the end of the day a bit discouraging.
Psychotherapeutic interventions might initially increase symptoms of mental disorders in the sense of raising consciousness of the problem.
There is a lovely exchange in Tom Stoppard's play about consciousness, The Hard Problem, when an atheist has been sneering at his girlfriend for praying.
In an interview with Alain Elkaan, Tom Stoppard talks about his new play on consciousness, "The Hard Problem".
