Jiri> Eric, >> > Right. IMO roughly the same problem when processed by a > >> computer.. >> >> Why should you expect running a pain program on a computer to make >> you feel pain any more than when I feel pain?
Jiri> I don't. The thought was: If we don't feel pain when processing Jiri> software in our pain-enabled minds, why should we expect a Jiri> computer program to feel pain (?) .. Your mind is not "pain enabled", it is programmed to feel specific pain in specific ways. If you use your brain as the read-write head in a Turing machine in a "chinese room", "you" won't understand what's going on, although understanding may very well take place. (cf chapter 3 of WIT?). Similarly, if you use your brain as the r-w head in a Turing machine to run a program that feels pain, "you" won't feel pain, but that does not mean pain is not "felt". Jiri> Regards, Jiri Jelinek Jiri> ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: Jiri> http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your Jiri> options, please go to: Jiri> http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
