On 02/06/07, Brent Meeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
That was the point I was trying to make: if it was any trouble, we wouldn't have it. So it probably is a spandrel or necessary side-effect of conscious-like behaviour. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
