As I believe the "is that conciousness?" debate could go on forever, I think I should make an effort here to save this thread.
Setting aside the objections of vegetarians and animal lovers, many hard nosed scientists decided long ago that jamming things into the brains of monkeys and the like is justifiable treatment of creatures suspected by many to have similar experiences to humans. If you're in agreement with these practices then I think you should be in agreement with any and all experimentation on simulated networks of complexity up to and including these organisms. I, personally, say that these experiments are just fine because lab animals are property and I have more respect for property rights than I do for save the animals causes. Even if you doubt that lab animals are property, I don't expect that your doubts will extend to computer hardware, whether or not there is a sophisticated simulation running on it or not. Trent ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
