Colin Geoffrey Hales wrote: >>the fact that >>intelligent behaviour is third person observable but consciousness is >>not. >> >>Stathis Papaioannou > > > OK. Let me get this straight. Scientist A stares at something, say X, > with consciousness. A sees X. Scientist A posits evidence of X from a > third person viewpoint. Scientist A confers with Scientist B. Scientist B > then goes and stares at X and agrees. Both of these people use > consciousness to come to this conclusion. > > Explicit Conclusion : "Yep, theres an X!" > > Yet there's no evidence of consciousness?.... that which literally enabled > the entire process? There is an assumption at work.... > > "SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE" > and > "CONTENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS" > > Are NOT identities. > > When you 'stare' at anything at all you have evidence of consciousness.
A SIDWINDER missile 'stares' at the exhaust of a jet aircraft. Does that make it conscious? Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
