On 01/06/07, Torgny Tholerus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am unconscious. > > I have no mind. I have no feelings. I have no perceptions. I am not > thinking. I am just a machine that claims that I am conscious. The only > thing that happens is a lot of chemical reactions in my brain. (Or > rather, there are a lot of mathematical relations...) > > I just behave AS IF I am conscious. If you interview me, I will answer > that I am conscious. I will strongly claim that I am thinking, and that > is the only thing I am really sure of. > > But that is a lie. The only thing that exists is a lot of protons, > neutrons, and electrons reacting with each other inside my brain. > > I behave AS IF I am conscious because the natural selection has favored > that type of behavior. >
Which implies you really are conscious, because otherwise why would evolution have gone to the trouble of making *me* conscious if it could have got away without it? -- Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
