On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Philip Sutton wrote:
Once complex brained / complecly motivated creatures start using qualia they could play into lifepatterns so profoundly that even obscure trends in the use of qualia for aesthetic purposes could actually effect reproductive prospects. For example, male peacocks have large tails that look nice - clearly qualia are playing a role in the differentiation process that decides which peacocks will be more or less successful in breeding.
Cheers, Philip
This is not at all true.
I could design a neural network, or perhaps even symbolic computer program that can evaluate the attractivenes of a peacock tail and tune it to behave in a similar fashion as that tiny portion of a real peacock's brain.
Does this crude simulation contain qualia?
-Brad
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