Or, imagine you were to replace a city with empty cars that drive the streets following sophisticated models of urban traffic. Is a group of empty buildings that produce empty cars which drive around the streets convincingly a city?
On Jul 20, 6:58 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chickens can walk around for a while without a head also. It doesn't > > mean that air is a viable substitute for a head, and it doesn't mean > > that the head isn't producing a different quality of awareness than it > > does under typical non-mortally wounded conditions. > > I think you have failed to address the point made by several people so > far, which is that if the replacement neurons can interact with the > remaining biological neurons in a normal way, then it is not possible > for there to be a change in consciousness. The important thing is > **behaviour of the replacement neurons from the point of view of the > biological neurons**. > > -- > 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.
