Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > On 01/06/07, *Torgny Tholerus* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[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
How do you know it was "trouble" - maybe it's a probable spandrel, or maybe it's even a necessary effect. 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
